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My mother replied that if anybody could deserve her John, it was Lorna; but that she could not hold with the rashness of giving up money so easily; while her next-of-kin would be John himself, and who could tell what others, by the time she was one-and-twenty?
"Whereupon hem Sir Marmaduke as next-of-kin, would have the enjoyment of the revenues and mayhap would have influence enough then to make good his claim to the title before the House of Lords ..." He checked himself: looked furtively round and added: "Provided it please God and my Lord Protector that the House of Lords come back to Westminster by that time."
"In an affair of this kind, madame," continued the attorney from Mantes, suddenly returning to business, "there are two things which it is most important to know. In the first place, whether the property is sufficient to be worth troubling about; and in the second, who the next-of-kin may be; for if the property is the booty, the next-of-kin is the enemy."
Clive, who had been appointed painter in ordinary to the Queen of Scots, neglected his business, and went over to the English faction; so did one or two more of the Princess's followers, leaving her Majesty by no means well pleased at their desertion. There had been many quarrels between M. d'Ivry and his next-of-kin. Political differences, private differences a long story.
"May it please your Lordship," he began, "the details of this case are of as remarkable an order as any that to my knowledge have been brought before the Court. The plaintiff, Eustace Meeson, is the sole next-of-kin of Jonathan Meeson, Esquire, the late head of the well known Birmingham publishing firm of Meeson, Addison, and Roscoe.
Which is the urine wherewith the corpse-bearers shall wash their hair and their bodies? Is it of sheep or of oxen? Is it of man or of woman? Ahura Mazda answered: "It is of sheep or of oxen; not of man nor of woman, except a man or a woman who has married the next-of-kin: these shall therefore procure the urine wherewith the corpse-bearers shall wash their hair and their bodies."
These Old Liberals, in fact, regard the State as a legal corporation which exists merely to administer justice and to guard the constitutional rights of its citizens. Their political friends and next-of-kin are the Radico-Liberals of the 'Liberal Union, who form, for the present, the bulk of the party.
The sweet and pastoral surroundings of the place are in strong contrast with the sordid next-of-kin peopling the pages of his romance.
Say that you insist, as next-of-kin, on having access to your uncle's belongings. Get Mr. Pellworthy to go with you to the bank. Meet Detective-Sergeant Starmidge and me outside there, in, say, half an hour. Then we'll see what happens. Now, my lord, if you'll come with me, we'll apply for that search-warrant."
"I want to go into my uncle's house into his rooms," said Betty. "I am his next-of-kin I wish to examine his papers." "You can't!" answered Joseph. "We haven't examined them ourselves yet." "What right have you to examine them?" demanded Betty. "Every right!" retorted Joseph. "Not his private belongings!" she said firmly. "This is our house you're not going into it," declared Joseph.
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