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I believe , however , that it will all come out ; -- only , if I have to pay four hundred pounds I shall think that Farmer Trumbull has cost me very dear . '' On the next morning Gilmore came to the vicarage . It had been arranged that he would drive Fenwick over to Heytesbury , and that he would call for him after breakfast . A somewhat late hour , -- two in the afternoon , -- had been fixed for going on with the murder case , as it was necessary that a certain constable should come down from London on that morning ; and , therefore , there would be no need for the two men to start very early from Bullhampton . This was explained to Mary by Mrs. Fenwick . `` He dines here to-day , '' she had said when they met in the morning before prayers , `` and you may as well get over the first awkwardness at once . '' Mary had assented to this , and , after breakfast , Gilmore made his appearance among them in the garden .