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           “Lookingatthematterpsychologically,IdrewonedeductionwhichIwasconvincedwascorrect.Thesecond‘scandal’shespokeofwasnotthesameasthefirst—anditconcernedherself!

           “Letusreconstruct.Atfouro’clock,Mrs.Inglethorpquarrelswithherson,andthreatenstodenouncehimtohiswife—who,bytheway,overheardthegreaterpartoftheconversation.Atfour-thirty,Mrs.Inglethorp,inconsequenceofaconversationonthevalidityofwills,makesawillinfavourofherhusband,whichthetwogardenerswitness.Atfiveo’clock,Dorcasfindshermistressinastateofconsiderableagitation,withaslipofpaper—‘aletter,’Dorcasthinks—inherhand,anditisthenthatsheordersthefireinherroomtobelighted.Presumably,then,betweenfour-thirtyandfiveo’clock,somethinghasoccurredtooccasionacompleterevolutionoffeeling,sincesheisnowasanxioustodestroythewill,asshewasbeforetomakeit.Whatwasthatsomething?

           “Asfarasweknow,shewasquitealoneduringthathalf-hour.Nobodyenteredorleftthatboudoir.Whatthenoccasionedthissuddenchangeofsentiment?

           “Onecanonlyguess,butIbelievemyguesstobecorrect.Mrs.Inglethorphadnostampsinherdesk.Weknowthis,becauselatersheaskedDorcastobringhersome.Nowintheoppositecorneroftheroomstoodherhusband’sdesk—locked.Shewasanxioustofindsomestamps,and,accordingtomytheory,shetriedherownkeysinthedesk.ThatoneofthemfittedIknow.