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Together they took out the sheet of paper, unfolded it, and bent their heads over it. "Why, it's Grandfather's writing!" exclaimed Lilias as she read the first words: "This is the last will and testament of me Leslie Ingleton of Cheverley Chase near Balderton." "It's surely not another will?" fluttered Dulcie. Carmel said nothing; her eyes were devouring the contents of the paper.
To Lilias, watching him anxiously, he seemed in these few hours to have changed from a boy into a man. Eager words rose to her lips, but he stood up and stopped her. "I've told you it's no use arguing! My mind's absolutely made up. I've ordered Elton to have the small car ready, and to drive me to Balderton to catch the midnight express to town. It's the last order I shall give in this house.
"I'd set my heart on a ride, and I can't get on with my fancy work till I can go to Balderton for some more silks." "And I want some wool," proclaimed Lilias, stopping from a rather unnecessary onslaught of poking at the fire. "There's never anything fit to buy at this wretched little shop in the village!" "Except bacon and kippers!" grinned Roland. "I can't knit with kippers!"
It was after the girls had returned to school, during some bitter weather at the end of January, that Lilias caught a severe cold, and was kept in bed. Dr. Martin, sent for from Glazebrook, took a serious view of the case, and asked to consult with Dr. Hill of Balderton, the family physician at Cheverley Chase.
While the landlady, therefore, ordered the tea, Everard went out to the public telephone, asked for a trunk call, and rang up No. 169 Balderton. He could hear relief in the voice of old Winder, who answered the telephone.
At the bottom of her heart, Lilias could not quite forgive Carmel for supplanting her brother at the Chase. From the night he had said good-by and motored to Balderton, not a word had been heard of Everard. He had not returned to school, neither had he visited any relations or friends, and indeed since he stepped out of the car at the railway station all trace of him seemed to have vanished. Mr.
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