There; you might as well read that note." Then she put her hand back and brought Mr.
Camperdown's letter from under the Bible.

Lord Fawn read it very attentively, and as he read it there came upon him a great doubt.
What sort of woman was this to whom he had engaged himself because she was possessed of an income?
That Mr.Camperdown should be in the wrong in such a matter was an idea which never occurred to Lord Fawn.
There is no form of belief stronger than that which the ordinary English gentleman has in the discretion and honesty of his own family lawyer.

What his lawyer tells him to do, he does.

What his lawyer tells him to sign, he signs.

He buys and sells in obedience to the same direction, and feels perfectly comfortable in the possession of a guide who is responsible and all but divine.