Viscount Wilworth kept his word: going up to his study, he wrote the necessary letter and sent it off with a messenger. The answer to the petition came the same evening: the clergy had appointed a new parson, Mr. Litley, to Walsingham, assuring the Viscount that the clergyman would do a good job, and that he was on his way to the village. The Viscount wished to meet in person the person who would replace the late Parson Glowford, but was unable to do so, but he was not dismayed, for he was soon to come to Rivershold and Walsingham himself to visit the Glowford girls and offer his condolences. Viscount was still full of hope that the Count of Draymore would sell his estate to him and waited for a letter or telegram from his friend: it was pointless to go to Walsingham now, when the Glowford girls were in black mourning and could not recover from the loss of their beloved father. Viscount Wilworth himself sent a note to Lord Draymore's mansion, asking for the Earl's address in Bristol, but the messenger returned with the news that the Count had left no address for correspondence, and that the Lord would not return until August.
Not wasting any time, the day after Mr. Morris's visit the Viscount found a well-known Dutch psychiatrist, Mr. Henrik Liabrist, consulted him about Miss Cassandra's illness and inquired as to the possibility of her full or partial recovery. The story of a grown-up girl with the mind and consciousness of a child interested the psychiatrist, and he asked the Viscount to bring her to see him.
– I am sorry, but Miss Glowford is not in London at present, and will not be here for about a month," replied the Viscount.
– 'That's a pity,' he said briefly. – I think I can help the girl.
– Do you think you can overcome her illness? – The Viscount asked: the psychiatrist's words gave him hope.
– Yes, I do. You say her development has been neglected? But can she even read?
– Her father thought it would be a great sin to treat her. He was a very religious man.
– 'That's a dark thing,' Mr. Liabrist grinned at that.
– 'But I suppose she was taught to read: her father was a well-educated and competent man.
– How far from London does your Miss Glowford reside?
– Norfolk. There's a lost village called Walsingham.
– Bring the girl to me and I will examine her.