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The Lady of the Shroud

BOOK I: THE WILL OF ROGER MELTON
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I must keep a sharp eye on them.

I didn't think of this part any more at the time, for father asked another question which interested me much: "May I ask why the other matters of the Will are not shown to us ?" The attorney wiped his spectacles carefully with a big silk bandanna handkerchief before he answered: "Simply because each of the two letters marked 'B' and 'C' is enclosed with instructions regarding their opening and the keeping secret of their contents.

I shall call your attention to the fact that both envelopes are sealed, and that the testator and both witnesses have signed their names across the flap of each envelope.

I shall read them.

The letter marked 'B,' directed to 'Rupert Sent Leger,' is thus endorsed: "'This letter is to be given to Rupert Sent Leger by the Trustees and is to be opened by him in their presence.


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