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Chapter 8

           NordidIdarelookforthatpieceofstrangejewelrysaidtobeintheMiskatonicUniversityMuseum.Idid,however,improvemystayinArkhambycollectingsomegenealogicalnotesIhadlongwishedtopossess;veryroughandhastydata,itistrue,butcapableofgooduselateronwhenImighthavetimetocollateandcodifythem.ThecuratorofthehistoricalsocietythereMr.B.LaphamPeabodywasverycourteousaboutassistingme,andexpressedunusualinterestwhenItoldhimIwasagrandsonofElizaOrneofArkham,whowasbornin1867andhadmarriedJamesWilliamsonofOhioattheageofseventeen.

           Itseemedthatamaternaluncleofminehadbeentheremanyyearsbeforeonaquestmuchlikemyown;andthatmygrandmother’sfamilywasatopicofsomelocalcuriosity.Therehad,Mr.Peabodysaid,beenconsiderablediscussionaboutthemarriageofherfather,BenjaminOrne,justaftertheCivilWar;sincetheancestryofthebridewaspeculiarlypuzzling.ThatbridewasunderstoodtohavebeenanorphanedMarshofNewHampshireacousinoftheEssexCountyMarshesbuthereducationhadbeeninFranceandsheknewverylittleofherfamily.AguardianhaddepositedfundsinaBostonbanktomaintainherandherFrenchgoverness;butthatguardian’snamewasunfamiliartoArkhampeople,andintimehedroppedoutofsight,sothatthegovernessassumedtherolebycourtappointment.TheFrenchwomannowlongdeadwasverytaciturn,andtherewerethosewhosaidshecouldhavetoldmorethanshedid.

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