He came to my office in London, before going home, and there learned from my lips how the family quarrel had ended.
"The will which Mr.Vanstone the elder had destroyed in my presence had not been, so far as I know, replaced by another.

When I was sent for, in the usual course, on his death, I fully expected that the law would be left to make the customary division among his widow and his children.
To my surprise, a will appeared among his papers, correctly drawn and executed, and dated about a week after the period when the first will had been destroyed.

He had maintained his vindictive purpose against his eldest son, and had applied to a stranger for the professional assistance which I honestly believe he was ashamed to ask for at my hands.
"It is needless to trouble you with the provisions of the will in detail.

There were the widow and three surviving children to be provided for.

The widow received a life-interest only in a portion of the testator's property.