17/19 Should I die, will you remember that my will lies at the office of Menteith and Ross, Edinburg ?" "So you have made your will ?" said the captain, rather eagerly; then added, "What a courageous man you are! I never durst make mine. But then, to be sure, I have nothing to leave--except my sword, which I hereby make over to you, well-beloved cousin." "Thank you, though I should have very little use it. And that reminds me to explain something. The day I made my will was, by an odd chance, the day you arrived here. Had I know you then, I should have named you in it, leaving you--I may as well tell you the sum--a thousand pounds, in token of cousinly regard." "You are exceedingly kind, but I am no fortune-hunter." "I know that. |