Then, shaking off the quiescence of mind which his brooding had engendered, he applied his faculties to the consideration of a situation which at first sight seemed fantastic as a nightmare.
The letter was not more remarkable than its despatch after the writer's death, but the summons to Cornwall was not in itself surprising.

He recalled a similar visit to Norfolk some years before, and the recent correspondence between them made it clear that the claim had reached a stage which required careful legal handling.

Robert Turold had forwarded copies of the final proofs of the family descent discovered in Cornwall, and Mr.Brimsdown had prepared the claim for the termination of abeyance which was to be heard by the House of Lords.

Mr.Brimsdown was also aware of the summoning of the other members of the family to Cornwall to impart the news to them.

A very natural and proper proceeding on Robert Turold's part, he had deemed it.
He believed he knew every intimate detail of the ambition on which Robert Turold had immutably set his heart.