- Walter goes to Hampshire to investigate but comes up empty-handed after talking with Mr. Dawson and other people in the town.
- So he returns to London.
- He and Marian decide they need Mrs. Catherick's help.
- So Walter tracks down Mrs. Clements.
- He goes in armed with all the info Marian can supply about Sir Percival.
- Percival was an only child who grew up mostly in France.
- His dad, Sir Felix Glyde, was a lover of music and a bit of a political radical. He and his wife made few friends at Blackwater Park.
- When his parents died, Sir Percival returned to take over the family estate.
- Walter also contacts Mrs. Todd to gets the details about what happened with Mrs. Clements and Anne.
- Mrs. Clements wrote to the Todds apologizing for her abrupt departure and asked for news about Anne, who had disappeared.
- Mrs. Clements lives in London, so Walter heads over to see her.