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Immediately on her return to the castle, Vane Charteris sought her aunt, and whispered to her the success of her mission. Mrs. Crosbie willingly agreed to drive over early the next morning, and see what could be done with respect to dispatching Margery from the village; and Vane went up to her room, both satisfied and triumphant. Stuart's eagerness was fed by fictitious tender messages from Margery, which Vane uttered glibly and without the slightest effort; and so the first part of her plot proved most successful. She learned from her aunt that the mother and son had met, and that Mrs. Crosbie had carried out her part to the letter, thereby causing Stuart no little surprise and pleasure.
The news of Margery's disappearance came like a thunderclap to Vane. She had never contemplated this _dénouement_, and was a little puzzled how next to act, until Mrs. Crosbie, in recounting the occurrences of her morning's drive, incidentally mentioned that she had met Mrs. Bright, who was in great distress about her son.