"Well, Doctor,
what is to be done?" She spoke with recovered self-possession, after
a short period of silence, looking at me with her old calmness of
expression.
I took some moments for reflection, and then said,
"My advice is, to keep your own counsel, and wait until Mr.
Wallingford returns from England. Whenever you place this document
in the hands of Judge Bigelow, he must go over to the adverse
interest; when you will be compelled to seek another legal adviser.
You are not just ready for this; nor will be until after your agent
comes back with the result of his investigations. No wrong to any
one can possibly occur from letting things remain just as they are
for a few months."
"I think your view of the matter correct, Doctor," was her reply.
"And yet, to keep this secret, even for an hour, when I have no
right to its possession, touches my conscience. Is it just? This
will is not in my favor. It does not even recognize my existence. It
devises property, of large value, in another line; and there may be
heirs ready to take possession, the moment its existence is made
known to them.
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