The will, under which the latter claimed, was dated prior to my coming to the city.

I was not surprised, therefore, that it had once been made, but merely that it had never been cancelled or superseded by a later instrument.

My wishes inclined me to suspect the existence of a later will, but I had conceived that, to ascertain its existence, was beyond my power.
Now, however, a different opinion began to be entertained.

This woman like those of her sex and class was unlettered and superstitious.

Her faith in spells and apparitions, was of the most lively kind.