Mrs. Montgomery still occupied the old mansion, waiting patiently
the issue whatever it might be. Her health, I regretted to find, was
not firm. She suffered a great deal from nervous debility; and I
saw, plainly, that she had failed considerably during the past few
months. Blanche, on the contrary, after recovering from the illness
which followed immediately on her arrival in S----, had continued in
excellent health; and was growing daily more matured and womanly
both as to mental development and personal bearing.
The mill improvements went on all summer, exciting no little
interest in our town, and occasioning no small amount of talk and
speculation. It was some time in the fall of that year, that I was
permitted to hear this brief conversation between a couple of
townsmen. Mr. A----had made some query as to the source of all the
money expended on the new mill of Squire Floyd, which was now
standing forth, under roof, in most imposing proportions, compared
with the old works. Mr. B----shrugged his shoulders, and replied,
"Floyd and the Judge are joint executors of old Allen's estate, you
know.
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