He felt yet that he had fortune and power, that a movement of his hand could raise and strike down, that at the verge of the tomb he was armed, to punish or reward, with the balance and the sword.

Tripped in the smug waiter, and announced "Mr.Parchmount." "Set a chair, and show him in." The lawyer entered.
"My dear Sir Miles, this is indeed a surprise! What has brought you to town ?" "The common whim of the old, sir.

I would alter my will." Three days did lawyer and client devote to the task; for Sir Miles was minute, and Mr.Parchmount was precise, and little difficulties arose, and changes in the first outline were made, and Sir Miles, from the very depth of his disgust, desired not to act only from passion.

In that last deed of his life, the old man was sublime.

He sought to rise out of the mortal, fix his eyes on the Great Judge, weigh circumstances and excuses, and keep justice even and serene.
Meanwhile, unconscious of the train laid afar, Lucretia reposed on the mine,--reposed, indeed, is not the word; for she was agitated and restless that Mainwaring had not obeyed her summons.