[The Vanishing Man by R. Austin Freeman]@TWC D-Link bookThe Vanishing Man CHAPTER VII 16/31
We may be pretty certain that he will do nothing of the kind.
So that, on considering the two clauses, we see that the wishes of the testator could only be carried out in the unlikely event of his dying in one of the burial-places mentioned, or his body being conveyed immediately after death to a public mortuary in one of the said parishes.
In any other event, it is virtually certain that he will be buried in some place other than that which he desired, and that his brother will be left absolutely without provision or recognition." "John Bellingham could never have intended that," I said. "Clearly not," agreed Thorndyke; "the provisions of the will furnish internal evidence that he did not.
You note that he bequeathed five thousand pounds to George Hurst, in the event of clause two being carried out; but he has made no bequest to his brother in the event of its not being carried out.
Obviously, he had not entertained the possibility of this contingency at all.
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