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’
If
his
lordship
dies
first
,
’
the
lawyer
proceeded
,
’
I
have
been
informed
that
the
only
provision
he
can
make
for
his
widow
consists
in
a
rent
-
charge
on
the
property
of
no
more
than
four
hundred
a
year
.
His
retiring
pension
and
allowances
,
it
is
well
known
,
die
with
him
.
Four
hundred
a
year
is
therefore
all
that
he
can
leave
to
the
Countess
,
if
he
leaves
her
a
widow
.
’
’
Four
hundred
a
year
is
not
all
,
’
was
the
reply
to
this
.
’
My
brother
has
insured
his
life
for
ten
thousand
pounds
;
and
he
has
settled
the
whole
of
it
on
the
Countess
,
in
the
event
of
his
death
.
’
This
announcement
produced
a
strong
sensation
.
Men
looked
at
each
other
,
and
repeated
the
three
startling
words
,
’
Ten
thousand
pounds
!
’
Driven
fairly
to
the
wall
,
the
lawyer
made
a
last
effort
to
defend
his
position
.
’
May
I
ask
who
made
that
settlement
a
condition
of
the
marriage
?
’
he
said
.
’
Surely
it
was
not
the
Countess
herself
?
.
’
Henry
Westwick
answered
,
’
It
was
the
Countess
’
s
brother
’
;
and
added
,
’
which
comes
to
the
same
thing
.
’
After
that
,
there
was
no
more
to
be
said
—
so
long
,
at
least
,
as
Montbarry
’
s
brother
was
present
.
The
talk
flowed
into
other
channels
;
and
the
Doctor
went
home
.
But
his
morbid
curiosity
about
the
Countess
was
not
set
at
rest
yet
.
In
his
leisure
moments
he
found
himself
wondering
whether
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
family
would
succeed
in
stopping
the
marriage
after
all
.
And
more
than
this
,
he
was
conscious
of
a
growing
desire
to
see
the
infatuated
man
himself
.
Every
day
during
the
brief
interval
before
the
wedding
,
he
looked
in
at
the
club
,
on
the
chance
of
hearing
some
news
.
Nothing
had
happened
,
so
far
as
the
club
knew
.
The
Countess
’
s
position
was
secure
;
Montbarry
’
s
resolution
to
be
her
husband
was
unshaken
.
They
were
both
Roman
Catholics
,
and
they
were
to
be
married
at
the
—
el
in
Spanish
Place
.
So
much
the
Doctor
discovered
about
them
—
and
no
more
.
On
the
day
of
the
wedding
,
after
a
feeble
struggle
with
himself
,
he
actually
sacrificed
his
patients
and
their
guineas
,
and
slipped
away
secretly
to
see
the
marriage
.
To
the
end
of
his
life
,
he
was
angry
with
anybody
who
reminded
him
of
what
he
had
done
on
that
day
!
