give no verbal details at all.

The will, moreover, was very long--no less than fifteen folios. And
that amount, though it might not be amiss in a three-volume edition,
would be inconvenient when the book comes to be published for
eighteen-pence. But the gist of the will was as follows.

It was dated in the October last gone by, at the time when George was
about to start for Egypt, and when Lady Harcourt had already left her
husband. It stated that he, George Bertram, senior, of Hadley, being
in full use of all his mental faculties, made this as his last will
and testament. And then he willed and devised--

Firstly, that George Stickatit, junior, of the firm of Day and
Stickatit, and George Bertram, junior, his nephew, should be his
executors; and that a thousand pounds each should be given to them,
provided they were pleased to act in that capacity.

When Sir Lionel heard that George was named as one of the executors,
he looked up at his son triumphantly; but when the thousand pounds
were named, his face became rather long, and less pleasant than
usual. A man feels no need to leave a thousand pounds to an executor
if he means to give him the bulk of his fortune.

Secondly, he left three hundred pounds a year for life to his
dear, old, trusty servant, Samuel Pritchett. Mr. Pritchett put his
handkerchief up to his face, and sobbed audibly. But he would sooner
have had two or three thousand pounds; for he also had an ambition to
leave money behind him.

Thirdly, he bequeathed five hundred pounds a year for life to Mary
Baker, late of Littlebath, and now of Hadley; and the use of the
house at Hadley if she chose to occupy it. Otherwise, the house was
to be sold, and the proceeds were to go to his estate.

Sir Lionel, when he heard this, made a short calculation in his mind
whether it would now be worth his while to marry Miss Baker; and he
decided that it would not be worth his while.

Fourthly, he gave to his executors above-named a sum of four thousand
pounds, to be invested by them in the Three per Cent. Consols, for
the sole use and benefit of his granddaughter, Caroline Harcourt. And
the will went on to say, that he did this, although he was aware that
sufficient provision had already been made for his granddaughter,
because he feared that untoward events might make it expedient that
she should have some income exclusively her own.

Sir Henry, when this paragraph was read--this paragraph from which
his own