This made the substitution I have mentioned feasible, and when I was told that she was seen taking her hat and bonnet into the bride's room, and, though not expected to leave till the next morning, had slid away from the house by the basement door at the same moment her mistress appeared on the front steps, my suspicions became so confirmed that I asked how this girl looked, in the hope that you would be able to recognize her, through the description, as the woman you had seen sitting in Reception-room No.3.But to my surprise, Mrs.Fulton had what was better than any description, the girl's picture.

This has simplified matters very much.

By it you have been able to identify the woman who attempted to mislead you in the reception-room, and I the person who rode here with you from Mr.Fulton's house.

Wasn't she dressed in brown?
Didn't you notice a similarity in her appearance to that of the very lady you were then seeking ?" "I did not observe.

Her face was all I saw.