This she had
taken from the library on the occasion of her last visit to Tillycot.
Old Mr. Newberry's face beamed with delight, and that of Mr. Bangs was a
curious study, revealing a mind which had joyfully come to a decision it
had been struggling after in the face of serious difficulties. When the
verdict of suicide was given, the jury dismissed, and he prepared, along
with the constable, to deliver over the body of the escaped prisoner
into the gaoler's hands, he bade Mrs. Rawdon an almost affectionate
goodbye, and made touching enquiries after the welfare of her son Monty.
As an honourable woman, she was received, in spite of her late husband's
character, and her own unconscious crimes, into the Bridesdale circle,
which, however, she soon left in the company of her benevolent host. The
Squire informed her that he had a large sum of money in keeping for her
and her son, and that Miss Du Plessis would either send her all the
furniture of Tillycot, when she was prepared to receive it, or take it
from her at an equitable valuation, to either alternative of which she
strongly objectd.
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