She had a settlement on the Kirby Estate,--a sum which was not paid off during Gilbert's life; and a very small part of the property went to Sir James, which part Mr.Ashleigh Sumner, the heir-at-law to the rest of the estate, wished Mr.Vigors, as his guardian, to buy during his minority, and as it was mixed up with Lady Haughton's settlement her consent was necessary as well as Sir James's.

So there was much negotiation, and, since then, Ashleigh Sumner has come into the Haughton property, on poor Sir James's decease; so that complicated all affairs between Mr.Vigors and Lady Haughton, and he has just been to Brighton to see her.

And poor Lady Haughton, in short, wants me and Lilian to go and visit her.
I don't like it at all.

But you said the other day you thought sea air might be good for Lilian during the heat of the summer, and she seems well enough now for the change.

What do you think ?" "She is well enough, certainly.