14/30 "Sir Hubert was always of a reticent disposition. He simply instructed me to draw up the will you have heard, and gave me no explanation. Everything is in order, and I am at your service, madam, whenever you choose to send for me." "But suppose I marry Mr.Lambert--" "Agnes, you won't be such a fool!" shouted her brother, growing so scarlet that he seemed to be on the point of an apoplectic fit. "Suppose I marry Mr.Lambert ?" she asked again. "You have heard the will." "Who gets the money then ?" This was another ridiculous question, as Jarwin, and not without reason, considered. |