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I give and bequeath to my adopted country three fourths of my estate, to be employed on works of charity in accordance with the instructions, written in my hand, which Maitre Lepertuis will be good enough to forward to the Ambassador of the United States.
M. Desmalions continued his reading: "Furthermore, if, within three months of my death, the investigations made by Don Luis Perenna and by Maître Lepertuis have led to no result; if no heir and no survivor of the Roussel family have come forward to receive the bequest, then the whole hundred million francs shall definitely, all later claims notwithstanding, accrue to my friend Don Luis Perenna.
"You saw Cosmo Mornington in the morning?" "Yes, on a Friday morning." "What did you do with the will until the evening, until you locked it away up your safe?" "I probably put it in the drawer of my desk." "And the drawer was not forced?" Maître Lepertuis seemed taken aback and made no reply. "Well?" asked Perenna. "Well, yes, I remember ... there was something that day ... that same Friday."
"But how?" exclaimed the Prefect. "By some substance introduced into one of the phials of glycero-phosphate, or into the syringe which the sick man employed." "But the doctor?" M. Desmalions objected. "Maître Lepertuis," Perenna continued, "did you call the doctor's attention to those brown patches?" "Yes, but he attached no importance to them." "Was it his ordinary medical adviser?"
If Inspector Vérot arrives while they are here, as he is sure to do, let me know at once. I want to see him as soon as he comes. Two minutes later the messenger showed in Maître Lepertuis, a stout, red-faced man, with whiskers and spectacles, followed by Archibald Bright, the Secretary of Embassy, and Caceres, the Peruvian attaché.
And, questioning Don Luis Perenna as though in spite of himself, he asked, "No doubt, in your opinion, there is a possible connection between the murder ... and Mr. Mornington's will?" "That, Monsieur le Préfet, I cannot tell. If there is, we should have to suppose that the contents of the will were known. Do you think they can have leaked out, Maître Lepertuis?" "I don't think so, for Mr.
It was five o'clock exactly when Major Comte d'Astrignac, Maître Lepertuis, and the secretary of the American Embassy were shown into M. Desmalions's office. At the same moment some one entered the messengers' room and handed in his card.
The Prefect of Police turned to the solicitor and asked: "Have I summed up the facts correctly, Maître Lepertuis?" "Absolutely, Monsieur le Préfet." M. Desmalions continued: "The next morning, Maître Lepertuis called here and, for reasons which you will understand when you have heard the document read, showed me Cosmo Mornington's will, which had been placed in his hands."
The remainder of my property, to the value of about one hundred million francs, consisting of deposits in various Paris and London banks, a list of which is in the keeping of Maitre Lepertuis, I give and bequeath, in memory of my dear mother, to her favourite sister Elizabeth Roussel or her direct heirs; or, in default of Elizabeth and her heirs, to her second sister Armande Roussel or her direct heirs; or, in default of both sisters and their heirs, to their cousin Victor Roussel or his direct heirs.
I hope that the American Ambassador did not trouble to come in person?" "No, Monsieur le Préfet." "Have you their cards?" "Yes." The Prefect of Police took the five visiting cards which his secretary handed him and read: "Mr. Archibald Bright, First Secretary United States Embassy; Maître Lepertuis, Solicitor; Juan Caceres, Attaché to the Peruvian Legation; Major Comte d'Astrignac, retired."
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