CHAPTER XIX
AS MY BROTHER
Lord Fawn had promised, as he put Lizzie into her carriage, that he would
come to her soon--but he did not come soon. A fortnight passed and he did
not show himself. Nothing further had been done in the matter of the
diamonds, except that Mr. Camperdown had written to Frank Greystock,
explaining how impossible it was that the question of their possession
should be referred to arbitration. According to him they belonged to the
heir, as did the estate; and no one would have the power of accepting an
arbitration respecting them--an arbitration which might separate them from
the estate of which an infant was the owner for his life--any more than
such arbitration could be accepted as to the property of the estate
itself. "Possession is nine points of the law," said Frank to himself, as
he put the letter aside--thinking at the same time that possession in the
hands of Lizzie Eustace included certainly every one of those nine points.
Lizzie wore her diamonds again and then again. There may be a question
whether the possession of the necklace and the publicity of its history--
which, however, like many other histories, was most inaccurately told--did
not add something to her reputation as a lady of fashion.
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