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CHAPTER XX. THE DESTINED END.
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As might have been anticipated, Lord Garvington was in anything but a happy frame of mind. He left Silver in almost a fainting condition, and returned to The Manor1 feeling very sick himself. The two cowardly little men had not the necessary pluck of conspirators2, and now that there seemed to be a very good chance that their nefarious3 doings would be made public they were both in deadly fear of the consequences. Silver was in the worst plight4, since he was well aware that the law would consider him to be an accessory after the fact, and that, although his neck was not in danger, his liberty assuredly was. He was so stunned6 by the storm which had broken so unexpectedly over his head, that he had not even the sense to run away. All manly7 grit—what he possessed8 of it—had been knocked out of him, and he could only whimper over the fire while waiting for Lambert to act.
Garvington was not quite so downhearted, as he knew that his cousin was anxious to consider the fair fame of the family. Thinking thus, he felt a trifle reassured10, for the forged letter could not be made public without a slur11 being cast on the name. Then, again, Garvington knew that he was innocent of designing Pine's death, and that, even if Lambert did inform the police, he could not be arrested. It is only just to say that had the little man known of Miss Greeby's intention to murder the millionaire, he would never have written the letter which lured12 the man to his doom
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