The woman in white, a novel . ad. Consider the subject, Mr. Hartright, from your own point ofview, he said. If you are right about Sir Percival Glyde andCount Fosco (which I dont admit, mind), every imaginable difficul-ty would be thrown in the way of your getting fresh evidence. Ev-ery obstacle of litigation would be raised; every point in the casewould be systematically contested; and by the time we had spent ourthousands instead of our hundreds, the final result would, in all prob-ability, be against us. Questions of identity, where instances of per-sonal resemblance are concerned, are, in
The woman in white, a novel . ad. Consider the subject, Mr. Hartright, from your own point ofview, he said. If you are right about Sir Percival Glyde andCount Fosco (which I dont admit, mind), every imaginable difficul-ty would be thrown in the way of your getting fresh evidence. Ev-ery obstacle of litigation would be raised; every point in the casewould be systematically contested; and by the time we had spent ourthousands instead of our hundreds, the final result would, in all prob-ability, be against us. Questions of identity, where instances of per-sonal resemblance are concerned, are, in themselves, the hardest of allquestions to settle—the hardest, even when they are free from thecomplications which beset the case we are now discussing. I reallysee no prospect of throwing any light whatever on this extraordina-ry aftair. Even if the person buried in Limmcridge church-yard benot Lady Glyde, she was, in life, on your own showing, so like her,that we should gain nothing if we applied for the necessary author-. HE LOOKKD MI-: ATTKNTH IX TIIIO F VCi;, AVITII MORi: ArrEARANCE THAN UK HAD SIIOAVN YKT. THE WOMAN IN WHITE. 393 ity to have the body exhumed. In short, there is uo case, Mr. Hart-right—there is really no case. I was*determined to believe that there icas a case, and, in that de-termination, shifted my ground, and appealed to him once more. Are there not other proofs that we might jDroduce besides theproof of identity ? I asked. Not as you are situated, he replied. • The simplest and surestof all proofs, the proof by comparison of dates, is, as I understand,altogether out of your reach. If you could show a discrepancybetween the date of the doctors certificate and the date of LadyGlydes journey to London, the matter would wear a totally differ-ent aspect; and I should be the first to say. Let us go on. That date may yet be recovered, Mr. Kyrle. On the day when it is recovered, Mr. Hartright, you will have acase. If you have any prosp
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