&ot;that&39;slhuishridwayandiwereclose-veryclose&ot;
&ot;youweretiatelyasciatedthatonhisdeathheappotedyoubessguardiantohisdaughterandtrteetothevastfortune射herited&ot;
&ot;why,roughly,thatis&ot;thewaresswasbackagathenotewasorecautio&ot;iwasnottheonlytrtee,naturally;otherswereasciatedwith&ot;
&ot;whohavescedied?&ot;
&ot;oofthearedeadtheother,rstedalerockford,isalive&ot;
&ot;yourpartner?&ot;
&ot;yes&ot;
&ot;adeoiselleridway,iunderstand,wasnotyetofawhen射arried?&ot;
&ot;射wouldhavebeenenty-onenextjuly&ot;
&ot;andthenoralurseofevents射wouldhaveetontrolofherfortunethen?&ot;
&ot;yes
&ot;butherarriaprecipitatedatters?&ot;
penngton&39;sjawhardenedheshotouthischattheaggressively
&ot;you&39;llpardon,ntlen,butwhatexactbessisallthisofyours?&ot;
&ot;ifyoudislikeanswergtheestion-&ot;
&ot;there&39;snodislikeaboutitidon&39;tdwhatyouaskbutidon&39;tseetherelevanceofallthis&ot;
&ot;oh,butsurely,onsieurpenngton-&ot;poirotleanedforward,hiseyesgreenandcatlike-&ot;thereistheestionofotivensidergthat,fancialnsiderationstalwaysbetakentoaount&ot;
penngtonsaidsullenly,&ot;byridway&39;swill,lgotntrolofherdoughwhen射wasenty-oneorwhen射arried&ot;
&ot;nonditionsofanykd?&ot;
&ot;nonditions&ot;
&ot;anditisaatter,iacrediblyassured,ofillions&ot;
&ot;illionsitis&ot;
poirotsaidftly,&ot;yourresponsibility,rpenngton,andthatofyourpartner,hasbeenaverygraveone&ot;
penngtonrepliedcurtly:&ot;we&39;reedtoresponsibilitydoesn&39;tworryany&ot;
&ot;iwonder&ot;