“ Jane Anne Catherick .”

Short, sharp, and to the point; in form rather a businesslike letter for a woman to write⁠—in substance as plain a confirmation as could be desired of Sir Percival Glyde’s statement. This was my opinion, and with certain minor reservations, Miss Halcombe’s opinion also. Sir Percival, when the letter was shown to him, did not appear to be struck by the sharp, short tone of it. He told us that Mrs. Catherick was a woman of few words, a clearheaded, straightforward, unimaginative person, who wrote briefly and plainly, just as she spoke.