I learned at the British Museum that he was a recognized authority upon the subject, and that the name of Vandeleur has been permanently attached to a certain moth which he had, in his Yorkshire days, been the first to describe.
"We now come to that portion of his life which has proved to be of such intense interest to us.

The fellow had evidently made inquiry and found that only two lives intervened between him and a valuable estate.

When he went to Devonshire his plans were, I believe, exceedingly hazy, but that he meant mischief from the first is evident from the way in which he took his wife with him in the character of his sister.

The idea of using her as a decoy was clearly already in his mind, though he may not have been certain how the details of his plot were to be arranged.

He meant in the end to have the estate, and he was ready to use any tool or run any risk for that end.