22/27 In this moment I could promise anything you ask; if I had my choice, I would be a child again and have no desire but to do your will, to be worthy in your eyes. I hate my life and the years that have parted me from you. 'Mr.Yottle has waited for your return before communicating with the relatives in London.' 'I will go to Belwick in the morning,' he said. Then, after reflection, 'Mr.Mutimer told you that he had destroyed his will ?' 'No. He had it from Mr.Yottle two days before his death, and on the day after--the Monday--Mr.Yottle was to have come to receive instructions for a new one. |