8/19 Another point, almost equally certain to my mind, was that my Uncle Stephen did not take it out, but died in the belief that it was _in_, and that it would give you your inheritance. A third point was, that whoever took it must have had some strong motive for the act. Who (with possible access to the desk) could have had this motive, even in a remote degree? Mrs.Verner I judge to be incapable of anything so wrong; Dr.West I believe to be capable of even worse than that. Hence I drew my deductions." "Deductions which I shall never accept, and which I would advise you to get rid of, Decima," was his answer. |