Such were the chief features of the will; and the utter astonishment it produced on the minds and countenances of some of the listeners was a sight to witness.

Lionel, Mrs.Verner, Jan, and Sir Rufus Hautley were petrified.
Sir Rufus rose.

He was a thin, stately man, always dressed in hessian boots and the old-fashioned shirt-frill.

A proud, impassive countenance was his, but it darkened now.

"I will not act," he began.