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"I thought you wouldn't mind the walk back by yourself." "Business?" the boy echoed involuntarily. Aldous hesitated, then said quietly: "Mr. Boyce appointed me executor under his will." Frank lifted his eyebrows, and allowed himself at least an inward "By Jove!" By this time Marcella had caught sight of them, and was advancing.
He found it perfectly simple, by means of the treacled cardboard which he carried, to force in the pane noiselessly. He pushed aside the blind, and crept within the room. So simple was it to violate the will of a dead man, and the solemnly affixed seals of his executor! He had arranged that the pane should be replaced before dawn, and the new putty darkened to match the rest.
Are you still as angry with her husband as ever? 'I really cannot tell. Though I have what most people would think much greater cause. 'Indeed! What has he done more? 'Taken possession of property which is mine. 'By what right is it yours? 'It was bequeathed me by my grandfather; and since that by his executor. 'The uncle of this Wakefield, I think you told me? 'Yes. A lawyer.
But all ought to remember, that when God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham and his seed, he let him know that they were not to take possession of that land, until the iniquity of the Amorites was full; and then they did it under the immediate direction of Heaven; and they were as real executors of the judgment of God upon those heathens, as any person ever was an executor of a criminal justly condemned.
But to this day the executor in his sphere, and the heir in his, represent the person of the deceased, and are treated as if they were one with him, for the purpose of settling their rights and obligations. The bearing which this has upon the contracts of the deceased has been pointed out. But its influence is not confined to contract; it runs through everything.
At nine o'clock, New York time, on the morning of September 23d, the executor, under the provisions of the will, was to make over and transfer to Montgomery Brewster all of the moneys, lands, bonds, and interests mentioned in the inventory which accompanied the will.
The decrees of the Confederation of Leipzig were annulled by a proclamation, the Convention itself suppressed by an imperial decree, and all the refractory states threatened with the fate of Magdeburg. As the executor of this imperial mandate, Tilly immediately ordered troops to march against the Bishop of Bremen, who was a member of the Confederacy, and had himself enlisted soldiers.
She pointed to the proofs of which I had possessed myself and was eagerly scanning. Unblenching he met her gaze. "That is the posthumous novel of Adrian Boldero, which I, as his literary executor, have revised for the press. Hilary saw the rough manuscript, but he had no time to read it." They looked at one another for quite a long time. "Is that all you're going to tell me?" "That's all."
You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and sole mourner.
And the name of this enormous man-contrived machine which took the place of father and mother was the Half Moon Trust Company, acting as trustee, guardian, and executor for two little children, who neither understood why they were sometimes very unruly or that they would one day be very, very rich.
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