My people have lived on the Highland estate longer than any Hume-Frazer of them a'.

My father remembered his grandfather sayin' that a man who was in India wi' Clive met Mr.Hume in Calcutta.

There was fightin' agin' the French, an' Mr.Hume would neither strike a blow for King George nor draw a sword for the French, so he sailed away to the East in a Dutch ship, and he was never heard of afterwards." This was a most important confirmation of the theory evolved by the barrister.

For the rest, Fergusson's reminiscences were useless.
Next morning Brett went to Somerset House to consult the will in which Margaret's father left her L1,000 a year.

Her brother died intestate.
As he expected, the document was phrased adroitly.