Agnes, or, Beauty and Pleasure — page 209: what you’re looking at

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AGNES; OR, BEAUTY AND PLEASURE, HK Ki i Lh <= | | lh iam ml | U iooeppmaticcn tons = hi HN | Mi mT ee i Hy { ih i { Hi H } i Nil He i = © We ye . Ny = ———_ i lM = = =i ize ma Ui SSeS] SSS i even insulting to my character as a professional mon ?” “‘Té were well, sir,’ answered Dalham, with a stern look, “if you and I were to have some little private discourse together.” “Oh! by all means!” said Timperley, who naturally wished to avoid a scene in the hall. “Iam ready to give you every explanation in reference to your deceased father’s property.” *‘T believe a will was made,” said Sir Roderick, when he and the lawyer were alone together in the dining-room ; “and two of my late father’s servants witnessed it by his command P” “Yes, sir—there is a will,’ responded Tim- perley, surveying the new Baronet with the hardi- hood of one who felt strong in the position he had taken. “There is a will—and it shall be duly forthcoming.” “And according to that will,” pursued Sir Roderick, “you, Mr. Timperley—” No. 78.—AGNES, i " i il i Aaa ( HH Nnih,, i 1 iil it “| Hi A“ Oh! I have not the slightest objection to tell you the nature of the will,” interrupted the lawyer. “One-third of your deceased father’s property is to be apportioned to charitable purposes: the other two-thirds are bequeathed to me as the faithful friend of the late Sir John Dalham.” “T need not tell you, Mr. Timperley, as a law. yer,” said Sir Roderick, “ that if you administer to my late father’s will, you are bound to settle the liabilities and debts before paying a single legacy or taking the slightest heed of any bequest.” “You need not trouble yourself upon that score,” said Mr. Timperley, with a sardonic smile, * Your father’s debts are paid.” “Paid ?” ejaculated Sir Roderick: “paid?” he repeated. ‘It igs preposterous! I overheard sufficient between yourself and him the other day —on that fatal day when you mercilessly betrayed the secret of my marriage—a secret which I know not how you discovered——” Vou. Ti. — oO 201 COMicloOoks co 5}