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One of the 28th

CHAPTER IX
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If I don't like it, the matter shan't go beyond me." "Very well, then, I will tell you exactly what we want.

We believe that the will is still there, and we believe that if some one in the house were to make a thorough search it might be found.

It is right that it should be found, and that the property should go to those to whom Mr.Penfold left it, and who are now being kept out of it by the Miss Penfolds.

I am very much interested in the matter, because it is my son who is being cheated out of his rights; and I have made up my mind to find the will.

Now, what I want to know is, do you think that one of the housemaids would be willing to give up her place and introduce me as her successor, if I gave her twenty-five pounds?
That would be a nice little sum, you know, to begin housekeeping with." Mrs.Conway saw at once by the expression of the young carpenter's face that she had secured him as an ally.
"I think that might be managed, ma'am," he said in a tone that showed her he was endeavoring to hide his gladness.


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