"May I ask who was that young person, and what were the contents of that letter ?" Mollie looked up, frowning impatiently.

But the baronet was so pale and troubled asking his questions that she had not the heart to refuse.
"That young person, Sir Roger, called herself Sarah Grant.

The letter purported to come from a woman who knew me before I knew myself.

It told me she was dying, and had important revelations to make to me--implored me to hasten at once if I would see her alive.

I believed the letter, and went with Sarah.