Mrs Stoner/Mrs Roylott

Mrs. Stoner, the young widow of Major-General Stoner of the Bengal Artillery.
Killed eight years previously in a railway accident near Crewe. She had a considerable sum of money — not less than 1000 pounds a year — and this she bequeathed to Dr. Roylott entirely while Helen and Julia resided with him, with a provision that a certain annual sum should be allowed to each of daughter in the event of their marriage.