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I knew you would. So I had already sent that second will  sent it before I promised you  to Hunston Wyke  he's my lawyer now, you know  and I've heard from him, and he has probated it." I KNEW YOU WOULD SO I HAD ALREADY SENT THAT SECOND WILL SENT IT BEFORE I PROMISED YOU TO HUNSTON WICK HE'S MY LAWYER NOW YOU KNOW AND I'VE HEARD FROM HIM AND HE HAS PROBATED IT
rything to me. The one in your favour was probated or proved or whatever they call it a week ago." I think Billy was surprised. She stood over him, sharply outlined against the darkness, clasping her hands tightly just under her chin, ludicrously suggestive of a pre-Raphaelitish saint. In the firelight her hair was an aureole; and her gown, yellow with multitudinous tiny arabesques of black velvet, echoed the glow of her hair to a shade. The dancing flames made of her a flickering little yellow wraith. And oh, the quaint tenderness of her eyes!--oh, the hint of faint, nameless perfume she diffused! thus ran the meditations of Billy's dizzied brain. "Listen! I told you I burned the other will. I started to burn it. But I was afraid to, because I didn't know what they could do to me if I did. So I put it away in my little handkerchief-box--and if you'd had a _grain_ of sense you'd have noticed the orris on it. And you made me promise not to take any steps in the matter till you got well.  FRED EVER MADE THE ONE THAT LEFT EVERYTHING TO ME THE ONE IN YOUR FAVOR WAS PROBATED OR PROVED OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT A WEEK AGO I THINK BILLY WAS SURPRISED SHE STOOD OVER HIM SHARPLY OUTLINED AGAINST THE DARKNESS CLASPING HER HANDS TIGHTLY JUST UNDER HER CHIN LUDICROUSLY SUGGESTIVE OF A PRE RUFFIAN SAINT IN THE FIRELIGHT HER HAIR WAS IN ORIEL AND HER GOWN YELLOW WITH MULTITUDINOUS TINY ARABESQUES OF BLACK VELVET ECHOED THE GLOW OF HER HAIR TO A SHADE THE DANCING FLAMES MADE OF HER A FLICKERING LITTLE YELLOW WRAITH AND OH THE QUAINT TENDERNESS OF HER EYES OH THE HINT OF FAINT NAMELESS PERFUME SHE DIFFUSED THUS RAN THE MEDITATIONS OF BILLY'S DIZZIED BRAIN LISTEN I TOLD YOU I BURNED THE OTHER WILL I STARTED TO BURN IT BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD DO TO ME IF I DID SO I PUT IT AWAY IN MY LITTLE HANDKERCHIEF BOX AND IF YOU'D HAD A GRAIN OF CENT YOU'D HAVE NOTICED THE ORIS ON IT AND YOU MADE ME PROMISE NOT TO TAKE ANY STEPS IN THE MATTER TILL YOU GOT WELL
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