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Chapter 35

           Thesecondwillrevokedeverythingexceptthelegaciestothelowpersonsbeforementioned(somealterationsinthesebeingtheoccasionofthecodicil),andthebequestofallthelandlyinginLowickparishwithallthestockandhouseholdfurniture,toJoshuaRigg.Theresidueofthepropertywastobedevotedtotheerectionandendowmentofalmshousesforoldmen,tobecalledFeatherstone’sAlms-Houses,andtobebuiltonapieceoflandnearMiddlemarchalreadyboughtforthepurposebythetestator,hewishing—sothedocumentdeclared—topleaseGodAlmighty.Nobodypresenthadafarthing;butMr.Trumbullhadthegold-headedcane.Ittooksometimeforthecompanytorecoverthepowerofexpression.MarydarednotlookatFred.

           Mr.Vincywasthefirsttospeak—afterusinghissnuff-boxenergetically—andhespokewithloudindignation."ThemostunaccountablewillIeverheard!Ishouldsayhewasnotinhisrightmindwhenhemadeit.Ishouldsaythislastwillwasvoid,"addedMr.Vincy,feelingthatthisexpressionputthethinginthetruelight."EhStandish?"

           "Ourdeceasedfriendalwaysknewwhathewasabout,Ithink,"saidMr.Standish."Everythingisquiteregular.HereisaletterfromClemmensofBrassingtiedwiththewill.Hedrewitup.Averyrespectablesolicitor."

           "Inevernoticedanyalienationofmind—anyaberrationofintellectinthelateMr.Featherstone,"saidBorthropTrumbull,"butIcallthiswilleccentric.

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