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The
note
was
for
Clare
,
in
the
following
words
:
MY
DEAR
SON
—
Possibly
you
have
forgotten
that
on
the
death
of
your
godmother
,
Mrs
Pitney
,
when
you
were
a
lad
,
she
—
vain
kind
woman
that
she
was
—
left
to
me
a
portion
of
the
contents
of
her
jewel
-
case
in
trust
for
your
wife
,
if
you
should
ever
have
one
,
as
a
mark
of
her
affection
for
you
and
whomsoever
you
should
choose
.
This
trust
I
have
fulfilled
,
and
the
diamonds
have
been
locked
up
at
my
banker
’
s
ever
since
.
Though
I
feel
it
to
be
a
somewhat
incongruous
act
in
the
circumstances
,
I
am
,
as
you
will
see
,
bound
to
hand
over
the
articles
to
the
woman
to
whom
the
use
of
them
for
her
lifetime
will
now
rightly
belong
,
and
they
are
therefore
promptly
sent
.
They
become
,
I
believe
,
heirlooms
,
strictly
speaking
,
according
to
the
terms
of
your
godmother
’
s
will
.
The
precise
words
of
the
clause
that
refers
to
this
matter
are
enclosed
.
“
I
do
remember
,
”
said
Clare
;
“
but
I
had
quite
forgotten
.
”
Unlocking
the
case
,
they
found
it
to
contain
a
necklace
,
with
pendant
,
bracelets
,
and
ear
-
rings
;
and
also
some
other
small
ornaments
.
Tess
seemed
afraid
to
touch
them
at
first
,
but
her
eyes
sparkled
for
a
moment
as
much
as
the
stones
when
Clare
spread
out
the
set
.
“
Are
they
mine
?
”
she
asked
incredulously
.
“
They
are
,
certainly
,
”
said
he
.
He
looked
into
the
fire
.
He
remembered
how
,
when
he
was
a
lad
of
fifteen
,
his
godmother
,
the
Squire
’
s
wife
—
the
only
rich
person
with
whom
he
had
ever
come
in
contact
—
had
pinned
her
faith
to
his
success
;
had
prophesied
a
wondrous
career
for
him
.
There
had
seemed
nothing
at
all
out
of
keeping
with
such
a
conjectured
career
in
the
storing
up
of
these
showy
ornaments
for
his
wife
and
the
wives
of
her
descendants
.
They
gleamed
somewhat
ironically
now
.
“
Yet
why
?
”
he
asked
himself
.
It
was
but
a
question
of
vanity
throughout
;
and
if
that
were
admitted
into
one
side
of
the
equation
it
should
be
admitted
into
the
other
.
