Финансист

Chapter LVII

           HisdeathcouldnothavebeenlaidtohisgriefoverAileenexactly,forhewasaverylargemanapoplecticandwithscleroticveinsandarteries.Foragreatmanyyearsnowhehadtakenverylittleexercise,andhisdigestionhadbeenconsiderablyimpairedthereby.Hewaspastseventy,andhistimehadbeenreached.Theyfoundhimtherethenextmorning,hishandsfoldedinhislap,hisheadonhisbosom,quitecold.

           HewasburiedwithhonorsoutofSt.Timothy’sChurch,thefuneralattendedbyalargebodyofpoliticiansandcityofficials,whodiscussedsecretlyamongthemselveswhetherhisgriefoverhisdaughterhadanythingtodowithhisend.Allhisgooddeedswereremembered,ofcourse,andMollenhauerandSimpsonsentgreatfloralemblemsinremembrance.Theywereverysorrythathewasgone,fortheyhadbeenacordialthree.Butgonehewas,andthatendedtheirinterestinthematter.Heleftallofhispropertytohiswifeinoneoftheshortestwillseverrecordedlocally.

           "Igiveandbequeathtomybelovedwife,Norah,allmypropertyofwhatsoeverkindtobedisposedofasshemayseefit."

           Therewasnomisconstruingthis.AprivatepaperdrawnsecretlyforhersometimebeforebyButler,explainedhowthepropertyshouldbedisposedofbyheratherdeath.ItwasButler’srealwillmasqueradingashers,andshewouldnothavechangeditforworlds;buthewantedherleftinundisturbedpossessionofeverythinguntilsheshoulddie.

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