He was too occupied
with the late Miss Ogilvy and the very present Mademoiselle Juliette,
in whose father's house he was living as one of the family.

Isobel's face, however, showed none of her wonderings. She read the
letter quite composedly, but with such care that afterwards she could
have repeated it by heart. Then she handed it back, saying:

"Well, Godfrey seems to have been fortunate."

"Yes, but why? I find no explanation of this bequest--if there is a
bequest."

"No doubt there is, Mr. Knight. Godfrey was always most truthful and
above-board," she answered, looking at him.

Mr. Knight flinched and coloured at her words, and the steady gaze of
those grey eyes. She wondered why though she was not to learn for a
long while.

"I thought perhaps you could lend me some book, or books, which would
enable me to find out about Miss Ogilvy. I have never heard of her
before, though I think that in one of his brief communications Godfrey
did mention a lady who was kind to him in the train."

"Certainly, there are lots of them. 'Who's Who'--only she would not be
there unless she was very rich, but you might look. Peerages; they're
no good as she was Miss Ogilvy, though, of course, she might be the
daughter of a baron. 'County Families,' Red Books, etc. Let's try some
of them."

So they did try. Various Ogilvys there were, but none who gave them any
clue. This was not strange, as both Miss Ogilvy's parents had died in
Australia, when she was young, leaving her to be brought up by an aunt
of another name in England, who was also long dead.

So Mr. Knight retreated baffled. Next morning, however, a letter
arrived addressed "Godfrey Knight, Esq.," which after his pleasing
fashion he opened promptly. It proved to be a communication from a
well-known firm of lawyers, which enclosed a copy of Miss Ogilvy's
will, called special attention to the codicil affecting himself, duly
executed before the British Consul and his clerk in Lucerne, gave the
names of the English trustees, solicited information as to where the
interest on the sum bequeathed was to be paid, and so forth.

To this inquiry Mr. Knight at once replied that the moneys might be
paid to him as the father of the legatee, and was furious when all
sorts of objections were raised to that course, unless every kind of
guarantee were given that they would be used solely and strictly for
the benefit of his son. Finally, an account had to be opened on which
cheques c