It was not his place to express any doubt as to the wisdom of the disposition.

He was not an old family adviser, who might have taken such a liberty.

There had been such a man, indeed, but he was dead.

It was the duty of the rich woman's legal adviser to hinder her from committing any positive legal mistake, but it was not his place to criticise her judgment of the man she had chosen to marry.

The lawyer made a few notes without offering any comment, and on the following day he brought the will for the Signora to sign.