Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 8, 2025
Long practice had made the old militia-man an adept in the art of vanishing. The plow of the moral agriculturist left no furrows not a trace of him was to be found! Mr. Loscombe was too cautious to commit himself to an active course of any kind; he passively maintained his opinions and left the rest to his client -he desired to know nothing until the Trust was placed in his hands.
Why near Mr. Loscombe? Ah, yes, to be sure to know what the law would do to help him. Would the law set him free from the Wretch who had deceived him? How tiresome of Lecount not to know! Would the law say he had gone and married himself a second time, because he had been living with the Wretch, like husband and wife, in Scotland?
If you are at all likely to be in Essex during the time when I am abroad, I have provided against the chance of your being disappointed, by leaving instructions with Mrs. Drake to give you, and any friends of yours, the freest admission to the house and grounds." From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone. "Lincoln's Inn Fields, May 24th.
If I can find no sufficient excuse to satisfy her, it will be better she should think we have discovered nothing than that she should know the truth. Believe me most truly yours, From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone. "Lincoln's Inn, November 15th. Be pleased to consider this letter as strictly confidential between yourself and me.
Loscombe was absent from the office. If he was then employed in superintending the execution of his client's will which is quite possible it follows clearly that he was in the secret of Mr. Vanstone's address after the removal of the 4th of September; and if you can do nothing on your side, it may be desirable to have the lawyer watched on ours. In any case, it is certainly ascertained that Mr.
I have devoted money enough and time enough to the unfortunate attempt to assert your interests; and my connection with the matter must, from this moment, be considered at an end. "Your obedient servant, From Mrs. Loscombe. "Park Terrace, St. John's Wood, June 2d. "SIR Having, by Mrs.
How excessively tiresome of Lecount to sit there and say she knew nothing about it! Was he to stay long in London by himself, with nobody but Mr. Loscombe to speak to? Would Lecount come back to him as soon as she had put those important papers in the admiral's own hands? Would Lecount consider herself still in his service? The good Lecount! the excellent Lecount!
Loscombe, on this occasion, of his new place of abode. Application has been made to Mr. Loscombe, under the circumstances, to mention what that former place of residence was, of which Mr. Vanstone is known to have informed him. Mr. Loscombe has declined acceding to this request, for want of formal permission to disclose his client's proceedings after leaving Aldborough.
Was he deep in thought? He was dead! From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Mr. Loscombe. "Park Terrace, St. John's Wood, November 5th. "DEAR SIR I came to London yesterday for the purpose of seeing a relative, leaving Mr. Vanstone at Baliol Cottage, and proposing to return to him in the course of the week.
He suddenly checked himself and his face became dejected and perplexed. "How can I do it now?" he asked, throwing down the pen as quickly as he had taken it up. "Do what, sir?" inquired Mrs. Lecount. "How can I make my will, with Mr. Loscombe away in London, and no lawyer here to help me?" Mrs. Lecount gently tapped the papers before her on the table with her forefinger.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking