ncounter any of the tenants, even when they
called at the house. Mr Apjohn she did not see, nor Dr Powell again,
till the day of the funeral. The lawyer had written to her more
than once, and had explained to her exactly the manner in which he
intended to proceed. He, with Dr Powell, would be at the house at
eleven o'clock; the funeral would be over at half-past twelve; they
would lunch at one, and immediately afterwards the will should be
"looked for" and read. The words "looked for" were underscored in his
letter, but no special explanation of the underscoring was given. He
went on to say that the tenants would, as a matter of course, attend
the funeral, and that he had taken upon himself to invite some few
of those who had known the Squire most intimately, to be present at
the reading of the will. These he named, and among them were Joseph
Cantor the elder, and Joseph Cantor the younger. It immediately
occurred to Isabel that the son was not himself a tenant, and that
no one else who was not a tenant was included in the list. From this
she was sure that Mr Apjohn had heard the story which the housekeeper
had told her. During these days there was little or no intercourse
between Isabel and her cousin. At dinner they met, but only at
dinner, and even then almost nothing was said between them. What he
did with himself during the day she did not even know. At Llanfeare
there was a so-called book-room, a small apartment, placed between
the drawing-room and the parlour, in which were kept the few hundred
volumes which constituted the library of Llanfeare. It had not been
much used by the late Squire except that from time to time he would
enter it for the sake of taking down with his own hands some volume
of sermons from the shelves. He himself had for years been accustomed
to sit in the parlour, in which he ate his meals, and had hated the
ceremony of moving even into the drawing-room. Isabel herself had a
sitting-room of her own upstairs, and she, too, had never used the
book-room. But here Cousin Henry had now placed himself, and here he
remained through the whole day, though it was not believed of him
that he was given to much reading. For his breakfast and his supper
he went to the parlour alone. At dinner time Isabel came down. But
through all the long hours of the day he remained among the books,
never once leaving the house till the moment came for receiving Mr
Apjohn and Dr Powell before the funeral. The housekeeper