'
This was said with a look at her companion which implied its right to
produce a great impression; and seeing no rapturous astonishment in
Charlotte's countenance, she added quickly,
'He did not bequeath it to his nephew, my dear; it was no bequest; it was
not in the will. He only told me, and _that_ but _once_, that he should
wish his nephew to have his watch; but it need not have been binding, if
I had not chose it.'
'Very kind indeed, very handsome!' said Charlotte, absolutely forced to
affect admiration.
'Yes, my dear; and it is not the only kind thing I have done by him. I
have been a very liberal friend to Sir Edward; and, poor young man, he
needs it bad enough. For, though I am only the dowager, my dear, and he
is the heir, things do not stand between us in the way they usually do
between those two parties. Not a shilling do I receive from the Denham
estate. Sir Edward has no payments to make _me_. _He_ don't stand
uppermost, believe me; it is _I_ that help _him_.'
'Indeed! he is a very fine young man, and particularly elegant in his
address.
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