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Brinkworth had written beforehand to announce his arrival at his estate for the fourteenth of August but that he had not actually appeared until the fifteenth. The one discovery needed to substantiate Mrs. Inchbare's evidence being now in Lady Lundie's possession, she decided to allow another day to pass on the chance that Sir Patrick might al ter his mind, and write to her.
Eastcourt, Crudwell, Oaksey, Brinkworth, Lea Schools such are some of Lord Bathurst's Friday meets; and the pen can hardly write fast enough in singing the praises of this country.
Blanche repeated the names of Lady Lundie's guests, leaving to the last the guests who had arrived last. "Two more came back this morning," she went on. "Arnold Brinkworth and that hateful friend of his, Mr. Delamayn." Anne's head sank back once more on the chair. She had found her way without exciting suspicion of the truth, to the one discovery which she had come to Windygates to make.
Shall I tell the ladies and gentlemen of your promise? Well, listen. Mr. Cleek is more than a quarter of an hour beyond the time he set, but he gave me his word that this riddle would be solved to-night, to-night, ladies and gentlemen, and that when I saw him here the murderer would be with him." "Oh, bless him! bless him!" burst forth Mrs. Brinkworth impulsively. "And he brings her!
First off, as Stavornell's identity is established beyond doubt, and no time has been lost in wiring the news of the murder to his relatives, both Lady Stavornell and Mrs. Brinkworth have wired back that they are coming on. I expect them at any minute now. And here's a piece of news for you. Fifi's husband is in England. The Hon. Mrs. Brinkworth has wired me to that effect.
"Which of the two gentlemen did you expect to join you at the inn Mr. Arnold Brinkworth, or Mr. Geoffrey Delamayn?" "Mr. Geoffrey Delamayn." "When Mr. Arnold Brinkworth came in his place and said what was necessary to satisfy the scruples of the landlady, you understood that he was acting in your interests, from motives of kindness only, and under the instructions of Mr. Geoffrey Delamayn?"
The two were out of sight, in the shrubbery, before Blanche's indignation found words, and addressed itself to her uncle. "Why is that brute going away with Mr. Brinkworth?" she asked. "Mr. Delamayn is called to London by his father's illness," replied Sir Patrick. "You don't like him?" "I hate him!" Sir Patrick reflected a little. "She is a young girl of eighteen," he thought to himself.
"Did you learn this method of making love in the merchant-service?" she inquired, saucily. Arnold persisted in contemplating his prospects from the serious point of view. "I'll go back to the merchant-service," he said, "if I have made you angry with me." Blanche administered another dose of encouragement. "Anger, Mr. Brinkworth, is one of the bad passions," she answered, demurely.
"You don't look quite at your ease, Mr. Brinkworth," said Blanche. "What has Sir Patrick been saying to you? My uncle sharpens his wit on every body. He has been sharpening it on you?" Arnold began to see his way. At an immeasurable distance but still he saw it. "Sir Patrick is a terrible old man," he answered. "Just before you came in he discovered one of my secrets by only looking in my face."
Sir Patrick took up a second morsel of paper lying ready under his hand. "There are the names of persons who can prove the writing, and prove the residence," he replied. Brinkworth arrived at the inn, and so can prove that the lady for whom he asked was, at that moment, Mrs. Geoffrey Delamayn.
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