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The Bishop held in his hands the Pope's letter, and also a legal-looking document, from which seals depended. "This doth closely concern you, my son," said the Bishop, with some emotion, and placed the parchment in the Knight's hands. Hugh d'Argent could have mastered its contents by the light of the wax taper burning beside the Bishop's chair.
The enclosure was a long, legal-looking document. Thankful unfolded it, read a few lines and then stopped reading. "Why why " she stammered. "What is it, Auntie?" pleaded Emily. "It I can't make out. I MUST be crazy, or or somebody is. It looks like Read it, Emily; read it out loud." Captain Obed Bangs rose at his usual hour that Christmas morning, and the hour was an early one.
And here, what's this?" he added, holding up a thick, legal-looking envelope. "Why, Mr. Hampton's name is written on it." "Let me have that, Frank," said Mr. Temple, extending his hand. Frank passed him the envelope. Mr. Temple noted the seal had been broken, and opening it he pulled out a thick document down which he ran his glance hurriedly. Then his face became grave. "Boys," he said, "Mr.
I glanced back at the man referred to; he was leaning forward, his elbow on his knees, and, catching my eyes, drew a legal-looking paper from his pocket. "Here is a copy of the will," he said, "if Craig cares to examine it." "Not now," I replied. "Let me hear the entire story first." Vail leaned back in his chair, a cigar between his lips.
The drawers of a bureau had been pulled open and never put back; papers of all descriptions, old legal-looking documents, old letters, littered the centre-table and the floor; in one corner of the room a black japanned box had been opened, its contents strewn about, and the lid left yawning.
Without response, the blind man moved back to the open door, and, placing his hand within, fingered one of the long iron drawers. It was unlocked, and he drew it forth. Some papers were within blue, legal-looking papers which his daughter had never seen. "Yes," he exclaimed aloud, "just as I thought. This drawer has been opened, and my private affairs pried into.
Miss Briskett she was in, lookin' at it, and so was Deacon Simson's wife; she come in arter some cinnamon sticks. Wal, and they all looked at it and talked it over, and couldn't none o' 'em for their lives think what it's all about, it was sich an almighty thick letter," said Biah, drawing out a long, legal-looking envelope and putting it in the Deacon's hands.
As soon as he had gone the envelope was opened by Mr. de la Molle, who took from it two legal-looking documents which he began to read. Suddenly the first dropped from his hand, and with an exclamation he snatched at the second. "What is it, father?" asked Ida. "What is it? Why it's just this.
'Pardon me, my dear Pendle, said he, in his crisp voice, 'but I see that Mrs Pendle became your wife under a name which we now know was not then her own. Does that false name vitiate the marriage? 'By no means, replied the bishop, promptly. 'I took counsel's opinion on that point when I was in London. It is as follows' and Dr Pendle read an extract from a legal-looking document.
Brown brightened up as the door opened, but it was not Miss Alma who came in. The servant said to him: "Mr. Temple is in the library, sir. Will you come this way!" He followed and found the banker seated at his library table, on which he had just placed some legal-looking papers, bound together with a thick rubber band. It was evident that his work did not stop when he left the bank.
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