I dare say you have heard that, Lord Fawn?"
Lord Fawn certainly had heard, in a doubtful way, the gist of Mr. Dove's
opinion, namely, that the necklace could not be claimed from the holder of
it as an heirloom attached to the Eustace family. But he had heard at the
same time that Mr. Camperdown was as confident as ever that he could
recover the property by claiming it after another fashion. Whether or no
that claim had been altogether abandoned, or had been allowed to fall into
abeyance because of the absence of the diamonds, he did not know, nor did
any one know--Mr. Camperdown himself having come to no decision on the
subject. But Lord Fawn had been aware that his sister had of late shifted
the ground of her inveterate enmity to Lizzie Eustace, making use of the
scene which Mr. Gowran had witnessed, in lieu of the lady's rapacity in
regard to the necklace. It might therefore be assumed, Lord Fawn thought
and feared, that his strong ground in regard to the necklace had been cut
from under his feet. But still, it did not behoove him to confess that the
cause which he had always alleged as the ground for his retreat from the
engagement was no cause at all.
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