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Allen was gone to Eton, but Janet and Bobus had many discussions over their chemical experiments, about possibilities and probabilities, odd compounds of cleverness and ignorance. "Mother must be heir-at-law, for her grandmother was eldest," said Janet. "A woman can't be heir-at-law," said Bobus. "The Salique law doesn't come into England."
And in the room thus witnessing of the hardy, masculine, rural life, that had passed away sallow, stooping, town-worn, sat, I say, Robert Beaufort, the heir-at-law, alone: for the very day of the death he had remanded his son home with the letter that announced to his wife the change in their fortunes, and directed her to send his lawyer post-haste to the house of death.
"But what was the use of calling us all here," said the representative of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, "to tell us that Cross Hall left his property perhaps by a mistake? Had he claimed as heir-of-entail or as heir-at-law the case would have been different; but it would have been our business to have found out that, or the next heir's, and certainly not the present possessor's."
"You have no more I must speak plainly, Stephen I believe that you have no more right in equity to will away the estate from Lionel, than you would have were he the heir-at-law. Many have said I am sure you must be aware that they have that you have kept him out of it; that you have enjoyed what ought to have been his, ever since his grandfather's death." "Have you said it?" angrily asked Mr.
"It could be done, after the lapse of thousands of years," replied Herr Lebensfunke. "Place undiluted liquid carbon in that inner globe, keep the coil at a white heat, and if Adam had started the process, his heir-at-law would have a koh-i-noor to-day, and a nice lawsuit for its possession."
But if Cross Hall was your uncle, how came you to be in this situation?" said Mrs. Peck, with feigned astonishment. "My sister and I were educated by him; he was exceedingly kind to us as long as he lived." "But his property did not come to you; the heir-at-law swallowed up all," said Mrs. Peck, with a fierce glare in her eyes that she could not quite subdue. "It is very hard on you."
What right had I to be given to understand anything about these honest Meynells? I saw poor uncle Joe's disconcerted face, and I felt that the hunter of an heir-at-law is apt to become a very obnoxious creature. "Susan Meynell died in London the poor lass died in London," replied Joseph Mercer, gravely; "and now we'll drop that subject, if you please, my lad. It isn't a pleasant one."
"Yes, she might leave it to any one of her sons, or his representative; but she was not to divide it into shares. And in case of the branch she favoured dying out, the estate was to revert to his heir-at-law the old man's heir-at-law, you know, his nearest of kin. That would have been my father, if he had lived a year or two longer, he was the second son.
Kirby Hall passed to Ashleigh Sumner, the male heir, a cousin. And the luckiest of cousins! He died years ago, leaving an only son, Sir James, who was killed last winter, by a fall from his horse. And here, again, Ashleigh Summer proved to be the male heir-at-law. During the minority of this fortunate youth, Mrs. Ashleigh had rented Kirby Hall of his guardian.
May be he reckons on all he has goin' to you quite natural. But there's law agen' it; the agent told me so years ago. I niver heard of any relations thy father had, but they'll find what's called an heir-at-law, take my word for it, if he doesn't leave iver a will." But, instead of answering, Phebe rushed past her up the steep, dark staircase, and Mrs.
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