It does honor to the claims of friendship, and it
does justice to the claims of blood."
She spoke warmly; for she spoke with a grateful remembrance of all that
she herself owed to the hospitality of St. Crux. Noel Vanstone took up
another pen and began to strip the second quill of its feathers as he
had stripped the first.
"Yes," he said, reluctantly, "I suppose George must have it--I suppose
George has the principal claim on me." He hesitated: he looked at the
door, he looked at the window, as if he longed to make his escape by one
way or the other. "Oh, Lecount," he cried, piteously, "it's such a large
fortune! Let me wait a little before I leave it to anybody."
To his surprise; Mrs. Lecount at once complied with this characteristic
request.
"I wish you to wait, sir," she replied. "I have something important to
say, before you add another line to your will. A little while since,
I told you there was a second necessity connected with your present
situation, which had not been provided for yet, but which must be
provided for, when the time came. The time has come now. You have a
serious difficulty to meet and conquer before you can leave your fortune
to your cousin George.
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