Chapter 5: September the Third

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​⁠The next morning but one was appointed for the interviews, which were to be at the lawyer’s offices. Mr. Nyttleton and Mr. Tayling were both in town for the day, and the candidates were admitted one by one into a private room. In the window recess was seated Miss Aldclyffe, wearing her veil down.

The lawyer had, in his letters to the selected number, timed each candidate at an interval of ten or fi