Colena had deliberately hurried the funeral forward so that it would be more or less impossible for people to come over from London in time to attend it.
But many had come all the same.
When they called at the house to see her, she had given strict instructions to the servants that she was unable to talk to any visitors.
Fortunately, as her father had very few relatives and those that he did have lived either in Scotland or the North of England, it was impossible for them to be present at the funeral.
However, they wrote letters of condolence. Most of them were not only upset at losing Sir Arthur but also afraid, because he was dead, that the very generous gifts of money he gave them would not continue.
“If you pretend to be me,” Colena said to Elizabeth, “you will have to make quite
