Toexhaustthispartofthesubjectbeforegoingfarther，itmaybementionedthatCountFoscoofferedeveryfacilitytoMrKyrle，onthatgentleman’sstatingthathewassentbyMissHalcombetocollectsuchparticularsashadnotyetreachedherofLadyGlyde’sdecease。MrKyrlewasplacedincommunicationwiththemedicalman，MrGoodricke，andwiththetwoservants。
IntheabsenceofanymeansofascertainingtheexactdateofLadyGlyde’sdeparturefromBlackwaterPark，theresultofthedoctor’sandtheservants’
evidence，andofthevolunteeredstatementsofCountFoscoandhiswife，wasconclusivetothemindofMrKyrle。HecouldonlyassumethattheintensityofMissHalcombe’ssuffering，underthelossofhersister，hadmisledherjudgmentinamostdeplorablemanner，andhewroteherwordthattheshockingsuspiciontowhichshehadalludedinhispresencewas，inhisopinion，destituteofthesmallestfragmentoffoundationintruth。ThustheinvestigationbyMrGilmore’spartnerbeganandended。
Meanwhile，MissHalcombehadreturnedtoLimmeridgeHouse，andhadtherecollectedalltheadditionalinformationwhichshewasabletoobtain。
MrFairliehadreceivedhisfirstintimationofhisniece’sdeathfromhissister，MadameFosco，thisletteralsonotcontaininganyexactreferencetodates。Hehadsanctionedhissister’sproposalthatthedeceasedladyshouldbelaidinhermother’sgraveinLimmeridgechurchyard。CountFoscohadaccompaniedtheremainstoCumberland，andhadattendedthefuneralatLimmeridge，whichtookplaceonthe30thofJuly。Itwasfollowed，asamarkofrespect，byalltheinhabitantsofthevillageandtheneighbourhood。