14/24 Do you remember the fourth of March ?" Her attention wandered again; a thought seemed to have struck her at the moment when he spoke. Instead of answering his inquiry, she put a question of her own. His useless will, the terms in which you speak of his daughters, the doubt you seem to feel of my continued respect for his memory, have opened a new view to me. Mr.Vanstone has died a ruined man--is that what you had to tell me ?" "Far from it. Mr.Vanstone has died, leaving a fortune of more than eighty thousand pounds--a fortune invested in excellent securities. |