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Chapter 32

           Probabilitiesareasvariousasthefacestobeseenatwillinfretworkorpaper-hangings:everyformisthere,fromJupitertoJudy,ifyouonlylookwithcreativeinclination.TothepoorerandleastfavoreditseemedlikelythatsincePeterhaddonenothingfortheminhislife,hewouldrememberthematthelast.Jonaharguedthatmenlikedtomakeasurpriseoftheirwills,whileMarthasaidthatnobodyneedbesurprisedifheleftthebestpartofhismoneytothosewholeastexpectedit.Alsoitwasnottobethoughtbutthatanownbrother"lyingthere"withdropsyinhislegsmustcometofeelthatbloodwasthickerthanwater,andifhedidn’talterhiswill,hemighthavemoneybyhim.Atanyratesomeblood-relationsshouldbeonthepremisesandonthewatchagainstthosewhowerehardlyrelationsatall.Suchthingshadbeenknownasforgedwillsanddisputedwills,whichseemedtohavethegolden-hazyadvantageofsomehowenablingnon-legateestoliveoutofthem.Again,thosewhowerenoblood-relationsmightbecaughtmakingawaywiththingsandpoorPeter"lyingthere"helpless!Somebodyshouldbeonthewatch.ButinthisconclusiontheywereatonewithSolomonandJane;also,somenephews,nieces,andcousins,arguingwithstillgreatersubtiltyastowhatmightbedonebyamanableto"willaway"hispropertyandgivehimselflargetreatsofoddity,feltinahandsomesortofwaythattherewasafamilyinteresttobeattendedto,andthoughtofStoneCourtasaplacewhichitwouldbenothingbutrightforthemtovisit.

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