And now here was the dreaded ordeal again,
awaiting him mercilessly for the second time!
"Perhaps it may assist your decision, sir, if I repeat a question which
I have put to you already," observed Mrs. Lecount. "In the will that
you made under your wife's influence, to whom did you leave the surplus
money which remained at your own disposal?"
There was no harm in answering the question now. He acknowledged that he
had left the money to his cousin George.
"You could have done nothing better, Mr. Noel; and you can do nothing
better now," said Mrs. Lecount. "Mr. George and his two sisters are your
only relations left. One of those sisters is an incurable invalid, with
more than money enough already for all the wants which her affliction
allows her to feel. The other is the wife of a man even richer than
yourself. To leave the money to these sisters is to waste it. To leave
the money to their brother George is to give your cousin exactly the
assistance which he will want when he one day inherits his uncle's
dilapidated house and his uncle's impoverished estate. A will which
names the admiral your executor and Mr. George your heir is the right
will for you to make.
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