Having vacationed in Paris, the Dedlocks return to Lincolnshire, England where it has stopped raining. Lady Dedlock is especially eager to return, as Paris has proved to be as equally dull as England. Indeed, there isn't a place where she hasn't already been and an activity that she hasn't already done. Meanwhile, thrilled with the Dedlocks every move, the fashionable world awaits the Dedlocks return to England with bated breath. Presently, Lady Dedlock, who is bored and fatigued, asks Sir Leicester about the letter he is busy reading. Sir Leiscester replies that the letter is from Tulkinghorn who writes among other things that he has met the person who wrote an affidavit and whose handwriting had piqued Lady Dedlock's interest. Abruptly, Lady Dedlock orders the coach to be stopped, gets

