"
All this gave the affair, in my mind, a more serious aspect. Before
mentioning the executors' names, I said--
"Do you know where Theresa Garcia resided, before her marriage with
Captain Allen?"
"In Porto Rico, as I have learned from old 'Aunty,' and also from
letters found in searching for the will."
"Which I find was executed at San Juan De Porto Rico, the principal
town on the island. Judge Bigelow and Squire Floyd are the
executors."
I saw her start slightly, and grow a little pale as I said this.
"Judge Bigelow, and Squire Floyd! That is extraordinary!" She was
more disturbed than I had yet seen her in reference to this matter.
"It is remarkable, certainly, that Judge Bigelow, your legal
adviser, should be one of the executors of a will, which determines
your brother's estate out of the line of consanguinity."
"He must, of course, cease to represent my interest in the case,"
remarked the lady.
"He cannot represent two diverse interests," said I.
"No; that is clear." She said this in a troubled way; and was,
evidently, falling into a perplexed state of mind.
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