My Cousin Rachel Page #3

You read my cousin's will?

Certainly he showed it to me.

May I ask how he disposed of the estate?

In effect to you.

All of it?

In trust I believe until your 25th birthday.

What about her?

There was no mention of Mrs. Ashley in the will filed for probate.

She'll take action of course to break it.

On the contrary

I have already written Mr. Kendall our entire approval of its terms.

I wish I could say that your

Explanation of his illness satisfied me

But it doesn't.

Regardless of those doctors

Regardless of that paper

Those are not the letters of a man simply sick

They are the letters of a man in danger

Surrounded by enemies.

Sick not only in body but in mind too remember.

He was failing fast.

What of this?

"She as done for me at last. Rachel my torment."

What explanation do you have for that?

Are you any sort of student of medical history Mr. Ashley?

Of course not.

There is a particular affliction of the brain in the case of a tumor

Or similar growth which results in the sufferers becoming troubled with delusions

He fancies for instance that he's being watched

That the person nearest to him such as his wife

Is either turned against him or is unfaithful or seeks to take his money

o amount of love or persuasion can relieve him of this suspicion

Once it takes hold.

If you don't believe me or this book which you may take with you

Ask an English doctor your own perhaps.

Then why didn't she send for me?

If Ambrose had lost faith in her

Why not send for the one closest of all to him.

You're very young aren't you Mr. Ashley...

My age is not the question here!

Why was I not sent for at once?

I wished only to make the point

That I am older than you

And have probably had more experience with women.

The Contessa is a woman of very strong feelings.

And such women do not acknowledge defeat easily.

They cling to the things they want.

They never surrender actually.

Where is she now?

I have no idea.

She left Florence yesterday without telling me where she was bound.

When she wishes me to know where she is she will write to me.

Is there anything more I may do for you while you're here?

o thank you.

If you wish to see the grave before you leave

It's in the protestant cemetery.

The stone ordered by Mrs. Ashley is already in place I believe.

When she returns

Tell her I was here

Tell her for me I went to the villa and heard how Ambrose died

And tell her also about the letters he wrote to me.

I will. If she returns.

But Mrs. Ashley is also one of impulse

And there is no assurance that she will ever come back to Florence again.

Good day sir.

There beside his grave I made a vow.

I swore that whatever it had cost Ambrose in pain and suffering

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