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In Which Two Lights are Put Out

           

           Theyfoundinthepocketofhisdressing-gowntheletterwiththegreatredsealwhichGeorgehadwrittenhimfromWaterloo.Hehadlookedattheotherpaperstoo,relativetohisson,forthekeyoftheboxinwhichhekeptthemwasalsoinhispocket,anditwasfoundthesealsandenvelopeshadbeenbrokenverylikelyonthenightbeforetheseizurewhenthebutlerhadtakenhimteaintohisstudy,andfoundhimreadinginthegreatredfamilyBible.

           Whenthewillwasopened,itwasfoundthathalfthepropertywaslefttoGeorge,andtheremainderbetweenthetwosisters.Mr.Bullocktocontinue,fortheirjointbenefit,theaffairsofthecommercialhouse,ortogoout,ashethoughtfit.Anannuityoffivehundredpounds,chargeableonGeorge’sproperty,waslefttohismother,"thewidowofmybelovedson,GeorgeOsborne,"whowastoresumetheguardianshipoftheboy.

           "MajorWilliamDobbin,mybelovedson’sfriend,"wasappointedexecutor;"andasoutofhiskindnessandbounty,andwithhisownprivatefunds,hemaintainedmygrandsonandmyson’swidow,whentheywereotherwisewithoutmeansofsupport"(thetestatorwentontosay)"Iherebythankhimheartilyforhisloveandregardforthem,andbeseechhimtoacceptsuchasumasmaybesufficienttopurchasehiscommissionasaLieutenant-Colonel,ortobedisposedofinanywayhemaythinkfit.

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