If the legatee have no relatives, you stand just where you
stood before, and will require the evidence as to identity for which
Mr. Wallingford is now in search. Oh, no, Mrs. Montgomery; he must
not be recalled."
The lady mused for a little while, and then said--
"Perhaps you are right, Doctor."
"I am sure of it," I replied, speaking earnestly. "This will, if we
find it, on examination, to be an instrument executed according to
legal forms, puts your rights in jeopardy, though by no means sets
them aside."
"You take the correct view, no doubt," was her reply to this. Her
voice was not so firm as in the beginning. As the probabilities
began to show themselves again in her favor, she lost a degree of
self-possession.
"Let Mr. Wallingford complete his work," said I, "and find, if
possible, the evidence you require, in case you prove to be the
legal heir, as I trust you will. And until his return, the existence
of this important document had better remain a secret."
"Shall I not submit it to Judge Bigelow?"
I reflected for some moments, and then replied--
"Yes.
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