I knew it from the first.

Of course we shall have trouble." Then Mr.Eustace explained to the lawyer that their best way out of it all would be to get the widow married to some respectable husband.

She was sure to marry sooner or later,--so John Eustace said,--and any "decently decent" fellow would be easier to deal with than she herself.

"He must be very indecently indecent if he is not," said Mr.Camperdown.But Mr.Eustace did not name Frank Greystock the barrister as the probable future decent husband.
When Lizzie first got the letter, which she did on the day after the visit at Fawn Court of which mention has been made, she put it by unread for a couple of days.

She opened it, not knowing the clerk's handwriting, but read only the first line and the signature.