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(Continued.)
The Story continued by Vincent Gilmore
~ chaneery lane Solicitor.

Tho Story continued by Vincent Gilmore,
Of chancery Lane, Solicitor.
/ write these lines at the request OF
my friend, Mr. Walter Hartright. They
are intended to convey a description OF
certain events which seriously affected
Miss Fairlie's interests. and which took
place after the period OF Mr.. Hartrights
departure from Limmeridge house
There is no need for me 10 say whether
my own opinion does or does not sane
ton the disclosure OF the remarkable
family story. OF which my narrative forms
an important component part Mr.. Hart
right has taken that responsibility on
himself: and the circumstances yet TO be
related will show that he has amply
earned his right TO do so. II he chooses
TO exercise il. The plan he has adopted
for presented the story 10 others. IN the
most truthful and most vivid manner, re-
Iulrr- that it should he told, at each
successive stage i'm tho march or events
by the persons who were directly con
csrred inthose events At the time OF
| th.,r occurrence MY appearance here,
as narrator is the necessary cohse7
ouerce OF this arrangement | was pres :
ent during the sojourn Of Sir PerciVai
Glyde in Cumberland, and was personaliy
concerned in one important result OF ms
short residence under Mr., Tairlies rool'
II Is my duty. therefore. to add these
new links to the chain Of events hno 10
t.h. mn IN. chain itself At the point
where. for the present only, Mt Hart-
! right has dropped IT,
| I arrived at IAmmeridse house on FIJI
| day, the second Of November.
! Nv object was TO remain AZ Ny. faI
! lies until the arrival OF sir Percival
/ Glyde. II that event led TO the appoint
rnent OF any given day for Sir ferclNa
union with Miss FalThe' l was
the NECESSARY instructions back with me
10 LONDON. and To occupy myself III
! dra nin1 the lady's marriage settlement
| ON the Friday ] was not favored py MI
| E,a irlie with an interview. He had peeh
or had fsncied himself TO be. an fHvaffe
for years past; and he was not wen enough
10 receive me Miss Halcomhe was the
nrst member OF the family whom sa"
Che met me at tho house door ana IN,
troauc.d NJ. 10 Mr.. Hartright, who had
hem .taying at Lmmeridsc for som'
time past ~
aid not see Miss Tsirlie until later !, ~
| the day At dinner time. she wsSr,,e
looking well; and Ts IsS.Si. S'y yrri. RI ss am.
ish,. and attentive 10 everyone sesus ne'
ss her excellent mother used 10 ~.
thoush psr.Sn.ily MT, Ip''Fhiii Fsisiie @ had dsrl
MsI..' M ma Wv ,nd her elder daughter
Ms. Hsicombe. strongly reminds ne ~
her. Miss Fsirlie played 10 u, ,,nInnught IN 1i'
eveninr-not 50 we'll es usual. NOUS ". ~
we had a rubber At whist; tere ,S pIo
fanation. 90 FAR as play was conc ,,er ~
ot that noble game l i,IsTi,+,bt nad uy on oui
arat ,ntroduction 10 one another. but
soon discovered that he was not iree l@Ion @
the social faflnes incidcntal 20 n's ~,
there rre three things that none OF W.
voun. men of the present generation c@ai @
do 'They can't sit over their vino. nv "
can't play Al whist, and they can pay
lady compliment. MI tIqF'rto9tth r,aln tothSrwise
! oven in those early days ana on Una
short acduaintane. he struck me as
ing a modest and gentleman-nKe you''
g. WAS Friday passed. say nothini
abou, the more serious matter which 90
sssSd my rtisr1i0n a,tcT go Sh Miss snft fare n
measure thought II right TO adopt VIC
tho matter was mentioned TO me. ana IN
conviction I entertained that every pos
would zoe readily afforded by Sir Percivs
Glyde. having all been fully noticed, "a
understand. In the narrative which pre-
On ON the Saturday Mr. Hartrigst had lei
before I got down TO breakfast. NILS
! Fairlie had kept her room all day, an
Miss sieof be wa. SS me not what p
: used 10 be IN the time of Mr. and MT
Philip Fairlle.
5 took n walk by myself IN the forenoo
, and looked about at some OF the place
/ which first saw when I was staying 9
3 I.imms-idgs TO transact family business
, more than ~ years since. They were M
. what they used 10 be either
r Al two O'Clock Mr.. Farlie sent 90 "a
he was well enough TO see me lie ha
!. no, altered. at sny rate. since hr'
knew him. Ills talk was 20 the sam