This has been an awfully long letter, and there is only just enough candle left for me to get into bed by.

Anyhow mother, I am not a bit upset about losing Mr.Penfold's allowance; so don't you worry yourself at all about that." Some weeks passed on.

Mr.Tallboys wrote that he had failed to induce the court to accept the copy of the will, the admission he was forced to make that Mr.Penfold had intended to make an alteration in it being fatal.

He had, however, obtained an order authorizing him thoroughly to search the house, and to take down any wainscotting, and to pull up any floors that might appear likely to conceal a hiding-place.

A fortnight later he wrote again to announce his failure.
"The Miss Penfolds," he said, "were so indignant that they left the house altogether, and you may believe that we ransacked it from top to bottom.