"Believe me, dear madam, faithfully yours,
"JOHN LOSCOMBE.
"P.S.--I omitted one consideration in my last letter, which I may
mention here, in order to show you that no point in connection with the
case has escaped me. If it had been possible to show that Mr. Vanstone
was _domiciled_ in Scotland at the time of his death, we might have
asserted your interests by means of the Scotch law, which does not allow
a husband the power of absolutely disinheriting his wife. But it
is impossible to assert that Mr. Vanstone was legally domiciled in
Scotland. He came there as a visitor only; he occupied a furnished house
for the season; and he never expressed, either by word or deed, the
slightest intention of settling permanently in the North."
IX.
_From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Mr. Loscombe._
"DEAR SIR--I have read your letter more than once, with the deepest
interest and attention; and the oftener I read it, the more firmly I
believe that there is really such a Letter as you mention in Admiral
Bartram's hands.
"It is my interest that the discovery should be made, and I at once
acknowledge to you that I am determined to find the means of secretly
and certainly making it.
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