He told me afterwards that the letter contained the request that his brother lived to make personally to him--that the child should be brought up as his ward; and that he had handed the certificates to a lawyer, who had, however, received copies of them from the Colonel himself before he went down to see your father.

So, as he took these precautions to insure his wishes being carried out in the event of his sudden death, I should think that he must have done something of the sort with regard to this treasure." "I should think that extremely likely, Mrs.Cunningham.I certainly had not thought of that before, and I hope that for Millicent's sake and my own it may turn out to be so.

I can get on extremely well without it, but at the same time I don't pretend that 50,000 pounds are to be despised." The next morning Mr.Prendergast, who had arrived at Reigate late the evening before, and had put up at an inn, came up to the house an hour before the time named for the funeral.

He learned from Mark that he had already acquainted Millicent with her change of circumstances.

A few minutes after he arrived, a servant told him that Miss Conyers would be glad if he would see her alone for a few minutes in the drawing room.
Mark had already prepared him for her request.
"Mark has told you that he told me about this hateful thing last night, I suppose, Mr.Prendergast ?" "He has," the old lawyer said kindly; "and he tells me also that you are not at all pleased at the news." "Pleased! I should think not, Mr.Prendergast," she said indignantly.