Mrs. Lecount and my wife have seen
the last of each other. In the meantime, don't neglect the warning I
give you, in giving you this letter. Tear it up, for fear of accidents,
but don't forget it."
"Trust me to remember it," replied Magdalen, destroying the letter while
she spoke. "Have you anything more to tell me?"
"I have some information to give you," said Captain Wragge, "which may
be useful, because it relates to your future security. Mind, I want to
know nothing about your proceedings when to-morrow is over; we settled
that when we first discussed this matter. I ask no questions, and I make
no guesses. All I want to do now is to warn you of your legal position
after your marriage, and to leave you to make what use you please of
your knowledge, at your own sole discretion. I took a lawyer's opinion
on the point when I was in London, thinking it might be useful to you."
"It is sure to be useful. What did the lawyer say?"
"To put it plainly, this is what he said. If Mr. Noel Vanstone ever
discovers that you have knowingly married him under a false name, he can
apply to the Ecclesiastical Court to have his marriage declared null and
void.
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