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"
Dear
,
dear
!
"
said
sister
Martha
,
not
meaning
to
be
audible
,
but
driven
to
some
articulation
under
this
pressure
of
dates
.
"
I
shall
begin
by
reading
the
earlier
will
,
"
continued
Mr
.
Standish
,
"
since
such
,
as
appears
by
his
not
having
destroyed
the
document
,
was
the
intention
of
deceased
.
"
The
preamble
was
felt
to
be
rather
long
,
and
several
besides
Solomon
shook
their
heads
pathetically
,
looking
on
the
ground
:
all
eyes
avoided
meeting
other
eyes
,
and
were
chiefly
fixed
either
on
the
spots
in
the
table
-
cloth
or
on
Mr
.
Standish
’
s
bald
head
;
excepting
Mary
Garth
’
s
.
When
all
the
rest
were
trying
to
look
nowhere
in
particular
,
it
was
safe
for
her
to
look
at
them
.
And
at
the
sound
of
the
first
"
give
and
bequeath
"
she
could
see
all
complexions
changing
subtly
,
as
if
some
faint
vibration
were
passing
through
them
,
save
that
of
Mr
.
Rigg
.
He
sat
in
unaltered
calm
,
and
,
in
fact
,
the
company
,
preoccupied
with
more
important
problems
,
and
with
the
complication
of
listening
to
bequests
which
might
or
might
not
be
revoked
,
had
ceased
to
think
of
him
.
Fred
blushed
,
and
Mr
.
Vincy
found
it
impossible
to
do
without
his
snuff
-
box
in
his
hand
,
though
he
kept
it
closed
.
The
small
bequests
came
first
,
and
even
the
recollection
that
there
was
another
will
and
that
poor
Peter
might
have
thought
better
of
it
,
could
not
quell
the
rising
disgust
and
indignation
.
One
likes
to
be
done
well
by
in
every
tense
,
past
,
present
,
and
future
.
And
here
was
Peter
capable
five
years
ago
of
leaving
only
two
hundred
apiece
to
his
own
brothers
and
sisters
,
and
only
a
hundred
apiece
to
his
own
nephews
and
nieces
:
the
Garths
were
not
mentioned
,
but
Mrs
.
Vincy
and
Rosamond
were
each
to
have
a
hundred
.
Mr
.
Trumbull
was
to
have
the
gold
-
headed
cane
and
fifty
pounds
;
the
other
second
cousins
and
the
cousins
present
were
each
to
have
the
like
handsome
sum
,
which
,
as
the
saturnine
cousin
observed
,
was
a
sort
of
legacy
that
left
a
man
nowhere
;
and
there
was
much
more
of
such
offensive
dribbling
in
favor
of
persons
not
present
—
problematical
,
and
,
it
was
to
be
feared
,
low
connections
.
Altogether
,
reckoning
hastily
,
here
were
about
three
thousand
disposed
of
.
Where
then
had
Peter
meant
the
rest
of
the
money
to
go
—
and
where
the
land
?
and
what
was
revoked
and
what
not
revoked
—
and
was
the
revocation
for
better
or
for
worse
?
All
emotion
must
be
conditional
,
and
might
turn
out
to
be
the
wrong
thing
.
The
men
were
strong
enough
to
bear
up
and
keep
quiet
under
this
confused
suspense
;
some
letting
their
lower
lip
fall
,
others
pursing
it
up
,
according
to
the
habit
of
their
muscles
.
But
Jane
and
Martha
sank
under
the
rush
of
questions
,
and
began
to
cry
;
poor
Mrs
.
Cranch
being
half
moved
with
the
consolation
of
getting
any
hundreds
at
all
without
working
for
them
,
and
half
aware
that
her
share
was
scanty
;
whereas
Mrs
.
Waule
’
s
mind
was
entirely
flooded
with
the
sense
of
being
an
own
sister
and
getting
little
,
while
somebody
else
was
to
have
much
.
The
general
expectation
now
was
that
the
"
much
"
would
fall
to
Fred
Vincy
,
but
the
Vincys
themselves
were
surprised
when
ten
thousand
pounds
in
specified
investments
were
declared
to
be
bequeathed
to
him
:
—
was
the
land
coming
too
?
Fred
bit
his
lips
:
it
was
difficult
to
help
smiling
,
and
Mrs
.
Vincy
felt
herself
the
happiest
of
women
—
possible
revocation
shrinking
out
of
sight
in
this
dazzling
vision
.
There
was
still
a
residue
of
personal
property
as
well
as
the
land
,
but
the
whole
was
left
to
one
person
,
and
that
person
was
—
O
possibilities
!
O
expectations
founded
on
the
favor
of
"
close
"
old
gentlemen
!
O
endless
vocatives
that
would
still
leave
expression
slipping
helpless
from
the
measurement
of
mortal
folly
!
—
that
residuary
legatee
was
Joshua
Rigg
,
who
was
also
sole
executor
,
and
who
was
to
take
thenceforth
the
name
of
Featherstone
.
There
was
a
rustling
which
seemed
like
a
shudder
running
round
the
room
.
Every
one
stared
afresh
at
Mr
.
Rigg
,
who
apparently
experienced
no
surprise
.
"
A
most
singular
testamentary
disposition
!
"
exclaimed
Mr
.
Trumbull
,
preferring
for
once
that
he
should
be
considered
ignorant
in
the
past
.
"
But
there
is
a
second
will
—
there
is
a
further
document
.
We
have
not
yet
heard
the
final
wishes
of
the
deceased
.
"
Mary
Garth
was
feeling
that
what
they
had
yet
to
hear
were
not
the
final
wishes
.
