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Updated: June 22, 2025
"It was impossible for me to get to Fulham yesterday," he said, "and I could only make sure of complying with Lord Holchester's request by coming here before the time at which I receive patients at home. I have seen Mr. Delamayn, and I have requested permission to say a word to you on the subject of his health."
TOWARD sunset, Lady Holchester's carriage drew up before the gate of the cottage. "Will you wait in the carriage, Sir Patrick?" said Julius. "Or will you come in?" "I will wait. If I can be of the least use to her,, send for me instantly. In the mean time don't forget to make the stipulation which I have suggested.
"Be so good as to take that card to Lady Holchester. It is absolutely necessary that your mistress should be made acquainted in the interests of her younger son with something which I can only mention to her ladyship herself." The two persons speaking were Lord Holchester's head servant and Sir Patrick Lundie.
"I go back to-night by the mail-train; and I have a great deal to do in the mean time. Here it is, in plain words: My father consents to see you again, if you choose to settle in life with his approval. And my mother has discovered where you may find a wife. Birth, beauty, and money are all offered to you. Take them and you recover your position as Lord Holchester's son.
Have I, by any chance justified you in telling me what happened this morning in the next room?" "Justified me? You have left me no other alternative. The doctors are all agreed in dreading apoplexy his lordship may die at any moment. In the lawyer's absence, I must take it on myself. Here are the facts. There is the codicil to Lord Holchester's Will which is still unsigned."
It was past the hour when the train from Perthshire was due in London. Geoffrey and his brother were, at that moment, on their way to Lord Holchester's house. LORD HOLCHESTER'S servants with the butler at their head were on the look-out for Mr. Julius Delamayn's arrival from Scotland. The appearance of the two brothers together took the whole domestic establishment by surprise.
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