Chapter 21: In Which We Have Further Glimpses of the Wondrous Mechanism of Our Younger Man

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​⁠The report of Admiral Baldwin Fakenham as having died in the arms of a stranger visiting the house, hit nearer the mark than usual. He yielded his last breath as Gower Woodseer was lowering him to his pillow, shortly after a husky whisper of the letter to Lady Arpington; and that was one of Gower’s crucial trials. It condemned him, for the pacifying of a dying man, to the murmur and shuffle, which