Excepting one or two trifling legacies to distant
relatives, he had no one to think of (Miss Lavinia being already
provided for) but his daughter and the children who might be born of her
marriage. In its various provisions, made with these two main objects
in view, the Will followed the precedents established in such cases.
It differed in no important respect from the tens of thousands of other
wills made under similar circumstances. Sir Joseph's motive in claiming
special attention for it still remained unexplained, when Mr. Dicas
reached the clause devoted to the appointment of executors and trustees;
and announced that this portion of the document was left in blank.
"Sir Joseph Graybrooke, are you prepared to name the persons whom you
appoint?" asked the lawyer.
Sir Joseph rose, apparently for the purpose of giving special importance
to the terms in which he answered his lawyer's question.
"I appoint," he said, "as sole executor and trustee--Richard
Turlington."
It was no easy matter to astonish Mr. Dicas.
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