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SOON after the conversation set forth in the last chapter. Patrick Cartwright bade farewell to the home of his boyhood--Magnus Hall--and took lodgings in London. The old house in Kent was closed, and Marvel, for so many years the faithful servant of Colonel Cartwright, was appointed its caretaker by Mr. Cooper, who, under the earlier will which left everything to the man who had murdered him, was named as executor, with certain powers of administration as regarded the estate, which was permanently invested in his firm.
Patrick's leave-taking from the old butler had been an affecting one, for from the days of his babyhood he had been an especial protege of the old man's. It was Marvel who had given him his first lessons in swimming, and riding, and boxing, had instructed him in field-sports and woodcraft, and had been his playmate and companion during his schooldays when he was at home for the holidays. There was a strong tie of affection between the young officer and the faithful old soldier, who, from his youth and through his manhood, had served his beloved master, the colonel, with unabating fidelity.