His finger was upon the seal when a thought crossed him; ought he to open it without further witnesses?
He spoke his doubt aloud to Mrs.Verner.
"Ring the bell and have in Tynn," said she; "his wife also; she found it." Lionel rang.

Tynn and his wife both came in, in obedience to the request.

Tynn looked at it curiously; and began rehearsing mentally a private lecture for his wife, for acting upon her own responsibility.
The seal was broken.

The stiff writing-paper of the outer cover revealed a second cover of stiff writing-paper precisely similar to the first; but on this last there was no superscription.

It was tied round with fine white twine.