Upon these grounds, therefore, it seems to me probable that the will is still in existence; but I acknowledge that so far as its utility is concerned it might as well have been destroyed by Mr.Penfold himself or by his sisters." "Well, Mr.Tallboys, no doubt you are thinking that you might as well have expressed this opinion to me on paper, and that I have troubled myself very unnecessarily in making this journey to have it from your own lips." "Well, yes, Mrs.Conway, I do not deny that this was in my mind." "It would have been useless for me to make the journey had this been all, Mr.Tallboys.I am very glad to have heard your opinion, which agrees exactly with that which I myself have formed, but it was scarcely with the object of eliciting it that I have made this journey.

We will now proceed to that part of the subject.

We agree that the will is probably still in existence, and that it is hidden somewhere about the Hall.

The next question is, how is it to be found ?" "Ah! that is a very difficult question indeed, Mrs.Conway." "Yes, it is difficult, but not, I think, impossible.

You have done your best, Mr.Tallboys, and have failed.