by Wilkie Collins
Dramatised as a serial
In eleven parts by Howard Agg
8-' Vital Evidence '
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Urged in flattering terms, Rachel Verinder is persuaded to accept the proposal of Godfrey Ablewhite to become his wife, but she asks that the news of their engagement should be kept secret until her mother has recovered from a heart-attack. But Lady Verinder does not recover, and Rachel is left under the care of Godfrey's father-Joshua Ablewhite. It is decided that she will stay with the Ablewhites in the house they have taken at Brighton, and thither she is accompanied by her legal adviser, Mr. Bruff.
Mr. Bruff, perturbed at Rachel's intention to marry Godfrey Ablewhite , a man whom he regards as an impostor and adventurer, confides the reasons for his distrust so forcibly that Rachel determines to break off her engagement and return to London at once.