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I was quite aware of the law on the subject, for even those who know nothing else know as much as that. But I have made a law of my own for such cases, which leads me to treat as valid the wishes of a dead man, even though they are not legally binding upon me. It is beyond question that the codicils in question were drawn up by Acilianus in his own hand.
"Acilianus," for that was the gentleman's name, "is a man of extraordinary vigour and industry, accompanied with the greatest modesty: he has very much of the gentleman, with a lively colour, and flush of health in his aspect.
I should have had to look carefully and long, had it not been that Minucius Acilianus was ready to hand, one might almost say that Providence had prepared him for the purpose.
If people go on complaining long enough, they end in being ashamed to complain further. Farewell. You, with your usual watchfulness on my behalf, advise me that the codicils of Acilianus, who left me heir to half his estate, may be treated as though they were non-existent, because they are not confirmed by the will.
In short, you will find nothing in the whole of his family which will fail to please you as much as if the family were your own. As for Acilianus himself, he is an energetic and untiring worker, and the very pink of courtesy.
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