If the elder Miss Vanstone happened
to be at liberty to come to Aldborough herself, would she kindly write
and say so? and Mrs. Lecount would write back again to appoint a day.
If, on the other hand, Miss Vanstone was prevented from taking the
journey, Mrs. Lecount suggested that her reply should contain the
fullest description of her sister's personal appearance--should mention
any little peculiarities which might exist in the way of marks on her
face or her hands--and should state (in case she had written lately)
what the address was in her last letter, and failing that, what the
post-mark was on the envelope. With this information to help her, Mrs.
Lecount would, in the interest of the misguided young lady herself,
accept the responsibility of privately identifying her, and would write
back immediately to acquaint the elder Miss Vanstone with the result.
The difficulty of sending this letter to the right address gave Mrs.
Lecount very little trouble. Remembering the name of the lawyer who had
pleaded the cause of the two sisters in Michael Vanstone's time, she
directed her letter to "Miss Vanstone, care of----Pendril, Esquire,
London." This she inclosed in a second envelope, addressed to Mr.
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