He was shrewd, careful, and thrifty, and his money was handled with all the skill of a Wall Street financier.

At the time of his death, in Portland, he did not owe a dollar in the world.

His property is absolutely unencumbered--safe and sound as a government bond.

It's rather overwhelming, isn't it ?" the lawyer concluded, taking note of Brewster's expression.
"And he--he left everything to me ?" "With a proviso." "Ah!" "I have a copy of the will.

Mr.Ripley and I are the only persons in New York who at present know its contents.