I mentioned the name.

It was as I thought.

I had, you know, a vague recollection of Quodling as connected with a lawsuit when I was a boy.
Beeching could tell me all about it." "Well, what was it ?" "Queer story.

A Mrs.Quodling, a widow, or believed to be a widow, came in for a large sum of money under the will of Lord Polperro, the second baron--uncle, I am told, of his present lordship.

This will was contested by the family; a very complicated affair, Beeching tells me.
Mrs.Quodling, whose character was attacked, declared that she knew Lord Polperro in an honourable way, and that he had taken a great interest in her children--two young boys.