“I intended to. I only arrived here the day before yesterday. But you left me no address and you did not write to me, Giles!”
“How could I?” he asked, “when I had been forbidden the house and the General so vehemently disapproved of me? Now he is dead, Verena, and I judge by your appearance that he has left you well provided.”
Verena did not respond and after a moment he continued,
“What has he left you, the house and estate as he told me he would do and all his money? How much did it amount to?”
Verena turned aside her head.
“Well, I have an idea that it was a great deal more than most people anticipated,” Giles went on. “I found out what your grandfather received in prize money and knowing him I am certain he invested wisely. So is it one hundred thousand pounds, Verena, that you ha
