He had kindly consented to travel to
Aldborough whenever it might be thought necessary. But as his time was
very valuable, Miss Garth specially requested that he might not be sent
for until Mrs. Lecount was quite sure of the day on which his services
might be required.
While proposing this arrangement, Miss Garth added that she thought it
right to furnish her correspondent with a written description of the
younger Miss Vanstone as well. An emergency might happen which would
allow Mrs. Lecount no time for securing Mr. Pendril's services; and the
execution of Mr. Noel Vanstone's intentions toward the unhappy girl
who was the object of his forbearance might be fatally delayed by
an unforeseen difficulty in establishing her identity. The personal
description, transmitted under these circumstances, then followed. It
omitted no personal peculiarity by which Magdalen could be recognized,
and it included the "two little moles close together on the left side
of the neck," which had been formerly mentioned in the printed handbills
sent to York.
In conclusion, Miss Garth expressed her fears that Mrs. Lecount's
suspicions were only too likely to be proved true.
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