The
coldness and gloom which had possessed him when he made a formal
announcement of the news appeared to have given way before the
sympathy manifested by his wife and daughter; he was now
sorrowful, but resigned.
He explained to Marian the exact nature of her legacy. It was to
be paid out of her uncle's share in a wholesale stationery
business, with which John Yule had been connected for the last
twenty years, but from which he had not long ago withdrawn a
large portion of his invested capital. This house was known as
'Turberville & Co.,' a name which Marian now heard for the first
time.
'I knew nothing of his association with them,' said her father.
'They tell me that seven or eight thousand pounds will be
realised from that source; it seems a pity that the investment
was not left to you intact. Whether there will be any delay in
withdrawing the money I can't say.'
The executors were two old friends of the deceased, one of them a
former partner in his paper-making concern.
On the evening of the second day, about an hour after dinner was
over, Mr Hinks called at the house; as usual, he went into the
study.
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