"They see their last wishes disregarded, and their instructions disobeyed.

The property they scraped together with so much trouble is dissipated and gone.

The husband thinks of taking another wife; the widow meditates second nuptials.

Strangers are in possession of the old estate; there is nothing to divide amongst the children.

Debts long since paid are brought again for settlement, and the survivors are called upon to acknowledge false claims upon the departed.