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The Vanishing Man

CHAPTER XVIII
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You are forgetting the conditions of clause two.

That clause sets forth the conditions under which Godfrey Bellingham shall inherit the bulk of the estate and become the co-executor; and those conditions are: 'that the body of the testator shall be deposited in some authorised place for the reception of the bodies of the dead, situate within the boundaries of, or appertaining to some place of worship within, the parish of St.George, Bloomsbury, and St.Giles in the Fields or St.Andrew above the Bars and St.George the Martyr.' Now Egyptian mummies are the bodies of the dead, and this Museum is an authorised place for their reception; and this building is situate within the boundaries of the parish of St.George, Bloomsbury.

Therefore the provisions of clause two have been duly carried out and therefore Godfrey Bellingham is the principal beneficiary under the will, and the co-executor, in accordance with the wishes of the testator.

Is that quite clear ?" "Perfectly," said Dr.Norbury; "and a most astonishing coincidence--but, my dear young lady, had you not better sit down?
You are looking very ill." He glanced anxiously at Ruth, who was pale to the lips and was now leaning heavily on my arm.
"I think, Berkeley," said Thorndyke, "you had better take Miss Bellingham out into the gallery, where there is more air.

This has been a tremendous climax to all the trials that she has borne so bravely.


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