That of your father is a very short and simple document, extending, indeed, only over a few lines.

Your uncle's is longer and more complicated, but as you are well aware of the gist of it, it will take us but a short time to get through it." Mark took his meal in a perfunctory manner.

For himself he would have eaten nothing, but he made an effort to do so in order to keep his guest company.

When it was over he said: "We may as well go into the library at once, and I will send up for the ladies.

It is as well to lose no time, for I know that you want to catch the afternoon coach up to town." Mrs.Cunningham and Millicent joined them in a minute or two, the girl looking very pale in her deep mourning.
"I am about," Mr.Prendergast said quietly, "to read the wills of Colonel Thorndyke and Mr.John Thorndyke, and I will ask you, if there is any phrase that you do not understand, to stop me, and I will explain to you its purport." The three persons present were acquainted with the main provisions of the Colonel's will.