the circumstances."

"Yes;--of course."

"But I should be disposed to think that in equity no allegation by
the receiver of such a gift, unsubstantiated either by evidence or
by deed, would be allowed to stand. The gentleman left behind him a
will, and regular settlements. I should think that the possession of
these diamonds,--not, I presume, touched on in the settlements--"

"Oh dear no;--not a word about them."

"I should think, then, that, subject to any claim for paraphernalia,
the possession of the diamonds would be ruled by the will." Mr.
Camperdown was rushing into the further difficulty of the chattels
in Scotland and those in England, when the Turtle Dove stopped him,
declaring that he could not venture to discuss matters as to which he
knew none of the facts.

"Of course not;--of course not," said Mr. Camperdown. "We'll have
cases prepared. I'd apologise for coming at all, only that I get so
much from a few words."

"I'm always delighted to see you, Mr. Camperdown," said the Turtle
Dove, bowing.

CHAPTER XXIX

"I Had Better Go Away"

When Lord Fawn gave a sudden jump and stalked away towards the house
on that Sunday morning before breakfast, Lucy Morris was a very
unhappy girl. She had a second time accused Lord Fawn of speaking an
untruth. She did not quite understand the usages of the world in the
matter; but she did know that the one offence which a gentleman is
supposed never to commit is that of speaking an untruth. The offence
may be one committed oftener than any other by gentlemen,--as also
by all other people; but, nevertheless, it is regarded by the usages
of society as being the one thing which a gentleman never does. Of
all this Lucy understood something. The word "lie" she knew to be
utterly abominable. That Lizzie Eustace was a little liar had been
acknowledged between herself and the Fawn girls very often,--but to
have told Lady Eustace that any word spoken by her was a lie, would
have been a worse crime than the lie itself. To have brought such
an accusation, in that term, against Lord Fawn, would have been to
degrade herself for ever. Was there any difference between a lie
and an untruth? That one must be, and that the other need not be,
intentional, she did feel; but she felt also that the less offensive
word had come to mean a lie,--the world having been driven so to use
it because the world did not dare to talk about lies; and this word,
bearing such a meaning in commo