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In
person
Miss
Morton
was
tall
and
stately
,
and
she
was
famous
for
her
quick
,
impetuous
nature
and
for
her
strength
of
character
.
She
met
Dr
.
Lana
at
a
garden
-
party
,
and
a
friendship
,
which
quickly
ripened
into
love
,
sprang
up
between
them
.
Nothing
could
exceed
their
devotion
to
each
other
.
There
was
some
discrepancy
in
age
,
he
being
thirty
-
seven
,
and
she
twenty
-
four
;
but
,
save
in
that
one
respect
,
there
was
no
possible
objection
to
be
found
with
the
match
.
The
engagement
was
in
February
,
and
it
was
arranged
that
the
marriage
should
take
place
in
August
.
Upon
the
3rd
of
June
Dr
.
Lana
received
a
letter
from
abroad
.
In
a
small
village
the
postmaster
is
also
in
a
position
to
be
the
gossip
-
master
,
and
Mr
.
Bankley
,
of
Bishop
’
s
Crossing
,
had
many
of
the
secrets
of
his
neighbours
in
his
possession
.
Of
this
particular
letter
he
remarked
only
that
it
was
in
a
curious
envelope
,
that
it
was
in
a
man
’
s
handwriting
,
that
the
postscript
was
Buenos
Ayres
,
and
the
stamp
of
the
Argentine
Republic
.
It
was
the
first
letter
which
he
had
ever
known
Dr
.
Lana
to
have
from
abroad
and
this
was
the
reason
why
his
attention
was
particularly
called
to
it
before
he
handed
it
to
the
local
postman
.
It
was
delivered
by
the
evening
delivery
of
that
date
.
Next
morning
—
that
is
,
upon
the
4th
of
June
—
Dr
.
Lana
called
upon
Miss
Morton
,
and
a
long
interview
followed
,
from
which
he
was
observed
to
return
in
a
state
of
great
agitation
.
Miss
Morton
remained
in
her
room
all
that
day
,
and
her
maid
found
her
several
times
in
tears
.
In
the
course
of
a
week
it
was
an
open
secret
to
the
whole
village
that
the
engagement
was
at
an
end
,
that
Dr
.
Lana
had
behaved
shamefully
to
the
young
lady
,
and
that
Arthur
Morton
,
her
brother
,
was
talking
of
horse
-
whipping
him
.
In
what
particular
respect
the
doctor
had
behaved
badly
was
unknown
—
some
surmised
one
thing
and
some
another
;
but
it
was
observed
,
and
taken
as
the
obvious
sign
of
a
guilty
conscience
,
that
he
would
go
for
miles
round
rather
than
pass
the
windows
of
Leigh
Hall
,
and
that
he
gave
up
attending
morning
service
upon
Sundays
where
he
might
have
met
the
young
lady
.
There
was
an
advertisement
also
in
the
Lancet
as
to
the
sale
of
a
practice
which
mentioned
no
names
,
but
which
was
thought
by
some
to
refer
to
Bishop
’
s
Crossing
,
and
to
mean
that
Dr
.
Lana
was
thinking
of
abandoning
the
scene
of
his
success
.
Such
was
the
position
of
affairs
when
,
upon
the
evening
of
Monday
,
June
21st
,
there
came
a
fresh
development
which
changed
what
had
been
a
mere
village
scandal
into
a
tragedy
which
arrested
the
attention
of
the
whole
nation
.
Some
detail
is
necessary
to
cause
the
facts
of
that
evening
to
present
their
full
significance
.
The
sole
occupants
of
the
doctor
’
s
house
were
his
housekeeper
,
an
elderly
and
most
respectable
woman
,
named
Martha
Woods
,
and
a
young
servant
—
Mary
Pilling
.
The
coachman
and
the
surgery
-
boy
slept
out
.
It
was
the
custom
of
the
doctor
to
sit
at
night
in
his
study
,
which
was
next
the
surgery
in
the
wing
of
the
house
which
was
farthest
from
the
servants
’
quarters
.
This
side
of
the
house
had
a
door
of
its
own
for
the
convenience
of
patients
,
so
that
it
was
possible
for
the
doctor
to
admit
and
receive
a
visitor
there
without
the
knowledge
of
anyone
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
when
patients
came
late
it
was
quite
usual
for
him
to
let
them
in
and
out
by
the
surgery
entrance
,
for
the
maid
and
the
housekeeper
were
in
the
habit
of
retiring
early
.
On
this
particular
night
Martha
Woods
went
into
the
doctor
’
s
study
at
half
-
past
nine
,
and
found
him
writing
at
his
desk
.
She
bade
him
good
night
,
sent
the
maid
to
bed
,
and
then
occupied
herself
until
a
quarter
to
eleven
in
household
matters
.
It
was
striking
eleven
upon
the
hall
clock
when
she
went
to
her
own
room
.
She
had
been
there
about
a
quarter
of
an
hour
or
twenty
minutes
when
she
heard
a
cry
or
call
,
which
appeared
to
come
from
within
the
house
.
She
waited
some
time
,
but
it
was
not
repeated
.
Much
alarmed
,
for
the
sound
was
loud
and
urgent
,
she
put
on
a
dressing
-
gown
,
and
ran
at
the
top
of
her
speed
to
the
doctor
’
s
study
.
"
Who
’
s
there
?
"
cried
a
voice
,
as
she
tapped
at
the
door
.
"
I
am
here
,
sir
—
Mrs
.
Woods
.
"
"
I
beg
that
you
will
leave
me
in
peace
.
Go
back
to
your
room
this
instant
!
"
cried
the
voice
,
which
was
,
to
the
best
of
her
belief
,
that
of
her
master
.
The
tone
was
so
harsh
and
so
unlike
her
master
’
s
usual
manner
,
that
she
was
surprised
and
hurt
.
