# Endnotes explained — The Law and the Lady

> Chapter companion for The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins.

## What happens

Mr. Playmore provides notes on the reconstruction of a torn letter, detailing the difficulties in restoring lost words and phrases, particularly in the first portion, and noting that the concluding half was easier to reassemble. A cross-reference is made to an earlier scene where Dexter betrays his secret to Valeria.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Playmore

Provides editorial notes on the reconstruction of the torn letter.

### Valeria

Referenced in the cross-note as the recipient of Dexter's secret betrayal.

### Miserrimus Dexter

Referenced as the one who betrays his own secret to Valeria in an earlier scene.

## Key lines

> The greatest difficulties of reconstruction occurred in this first portion of the torn letter.

The first part of the letter was the hardest to piece back together.

_Mr. Playmore explains the challenge of restoring the beginning of the letter._

> Look back for a further illustration of this point of view to the scene at Benjamin’s house (Chapter XXXV ), where Dexter, in a moment of ungovernable agitation, betrays his own secret to Valeria.

Refer to the scene in Chapter XXXV at Benjamin's house, where Dexter, in a fit of uncontrollable emotion, reveals his secret to Valeria.

_The narrative directs the reader to an earlier chapter for context._

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