It was material, therefore, in his view of the case, to enter a protest.
"Gentlemen," he said, advancing to the foot of the bed; "I call on you all to observe the nature of this whole transaction.

My poor, beloved, but misled uncle, no longer ago than last night, was struck with a fit of apoplexy, or something so very near it as to disqualify him to judge in these matters; and here he is urged to make a will--" "By whom, sir ?" demanded Sir Gervaise, with a severity of tone that induced the speaker to fall back a step.
"Why, sir, in my judgment, by all in the room.

If not with their tongues, at least with their eyes." "And why should all in the room do this?
Am I a legatee ?--is Admiral Bluewater to be a gainer by this will ?--_can_ witnesses to a will be legatees ?" "I do not wish to dispute the matter with you, Sir Gervaise Oakes; but I solemnly protest against this irregular and most extraordinary manner of making a will.

Let all who hear me, remember this, and be ready to testify to it when called on in a court of justice." Here Sir Wycherly struggled to rise in the bed, in evident excitement, gesticulating strongly to express his disgust, and his wish for his nephew to withdraw.

But the physicians endeavoured to pacify him, while Atwood, with the paper spread on a port-folio, and a pen in readiness, coolly proceeded to obtain the necessary signatures.