I never knew a more direct man than he, yet he was without an equal at flanking movements.

What a pity his mind went before he died! My first impulse was to admire his will.

But, now that I've come to know you, I see that if he had lived to get acquainted with you he'd have made a very; different disposition of the family property.

As it is, it's bound to go to pieces.
No board ever managed anything successfully.

It's always a man--one man.
In this case it ought to be you.