heCityIthoughtoverthecaseitseemedtomethatthisex-
planationhardlymetthefacts.ThenIendeavouredtothinkofsomeoth-
erexplanation;andlookingovermynotesIobservedtwopointsthat
seemedworthconsidering.Onewasthatneitherofthewitnessestothe
willwasreallyacquaintedwithJeffreyBlackmore;bothbeingstrangers
whohadacceptedhisidentityonhisownstatement.Theotherwasthat
noonewhohadpreviouslyknownhimwiththesingleexceptionofhis
brother Johnhad ever seen Jeffrey at the inn.
Whatwastheimportofthesetwofacts?Probablytheyhadnone.But
stilltheysuggestedthedesirabilityofconsideringthequestion:Wasthe
personwhosignedthewillreallyJeffreyBlackmore?Thecontrarysup-
position—thatsomeonehadpersonatedJeffreyandforgedhissignature
toafalsewill—seemedwildlyimprobableespeciallyinviewoftheiden-
tificationofthebody;butitinvolvednoactualimpossibility;andit
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offeredacompleteexplanationoftheotherwiseinexplicablecoincid-
ences that I have mentioned.
Ididnothoweverforamomentthinkthatthiswasthetrueexplan-
ationbutIresolvedtobearitinmindtotestitwhentheopportunity
aroseand consider it by the light of any fresh facts that I might acquire.
ThenewfactscamesoonerthanIhadexpected.ThatsameeveningI
wentwithDr.JervistoNewInnandfoundMr.Stepheninthechambers.
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