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If you should , on reflection , change your mind , you can hear of me by calling at the office of Grind , the lawyer . '' `` Good morning , '' returned Claire , showing not the least disposition to retain the man , toward whom he experienced a strong feeling of dislike and sense of repulsion . Martin lingered a few moments , and then went out , leaving Claire bewildered by a rush of new thoughts . The meeting of Claire and Jasper , for the final settlement of Mr. Elder 's estate , was to take place at the office of Grind , at ten o'clock . Before keeping his appointment , the former turned over in his mind , with careful deliberation , the circumstances which had just occurred ; and the more he thought of it , the better satisfied was he that a fraud had been committed . The author of that fraud could be no one else but the guardian of Fanny ; of whose honesty Claire had , with good reason , no very high opinion . His conclusion was , not to accept , at present , a settlement of the estate .