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"The disappearance of Osmund Maiden in 1787 was not generally known, but it came to the knowledge of my employers, Parchmont & Tolliver.
He tossed a slip of pasteboard on the table, and picking it up, I read the following: "CHRISTOPHER BURLEY. "For Parchmont and Tolliver, Solicitors, "Lincoln's Inn, London." I handed the card to Captain Rudstone, and he glanced at it disdainfully. "A law clerk," he sneered. "But come, I will overlook your menial position. I am not too proud to clink glasses with you."
My lord, you are the rightful Earl of Heathermere!" What foolish words were these? I could only stare, dazed and speechless, at those around me at the mocking face of Captain Rudstone. And he had called me Earl of Heathermere! "It is true!" cried Flora, breaking the spell of silence. "I knew it." "It is madness!" shouted Christopher Burley, whose countenance had turned the color of Parchmont.
"I could speedily satisfy you on that point," the law clerk said slowly; "but this is not the time to do so. I am acting for my employers Parchmont & Tolliver, of Lincoln's Inn, London. They are a well-known and honorable firm of solicitors, and it is of importance to them that Osmund Maiden should be found." "Then find him," the factor replied.
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