"
"To which I might reply, that most people end by doing that against
which they have most protested. However, I am not going to stir in
the matter for some time to come, and I advise no one else to do so."
CHAPTER XXVII. BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET.
A moment then the volume spread,
And one short spell therein he read.
Scott.
The reality of John's intention to devote himself to medicine made
Caroline anxious to look again at the terms of the trust on which she
held the Magnum Bonum secret.
Moreover, she wanted some papers and accounts, and therefore on
Monday morning, while getting up, she glanced towards the place where
her davenport usually stood, and to her great surprise missed it.
She asked Emma, who was dressing her, whether it had been moved, and
found that her maid had been as much surprised as herself at its
absence, and that the housekeeper had denied all knowledge of it.
"Other things is missing, ma'am," said Emma; "there's the key of the
closet where your dresses hangs. I've hunted high and low for it,
and nobody hasn't seen it."
"Keys are easily lost," said Caroline, "but my davenport is very
important. Perhaps in some cleaning it has been moved into one of
the other rooms and forgotten there.
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