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Mr. Fransemmery brought his story to an end with a force and emphasis worthy of a judicial utterance, and Blick, who was now busily occupied with suggestions of a surprising sort, nodded assent to his concluding remarks. But Mrs. Braxfield, in spite of her obvious agitation, showed a dogged disinclination to accept Mr. Fransemmery's premise.
"That's all very well, Mr. Fransemmery," she said after a pause. "You're a lawyer, and ought to know! But it's all ifs and buts! If, as you say, Guy Markenmore married Myra Halliwell, and if they had a child, a son, and if that son's alive-well, then, of course, he succeeds his father-or his grandfather, for as far as I'm aware, there's nobody knows which died first, Sir Anthony or his elder son-in the title and estates. But-it's all if! -if-if-if! I don't believe Guy Markenmore ever married that girl-not I! He may have taken her away with him, and they may have lived together in London, and there may be a child-but all that doesn't prove any marriage, Mr. Fransemmery!"