'Well, my dear, if your heart is so susceptible you had better indulge it.' "This lady died and left behind her——"
'What?' said Linda.
'A diamond ring?' said Katie.
'A sealed manuscript, which was found in a secret drawer?' suggested Linda.
'Perhaps a baby,' said Uncle Bat.
"And left behind her a will——"
'Did she leave anything else?' asked Norman.
'Ladies and gentlemen, if I am to be interrupted in this way, I really must resign my task,' said Mrs. Woodward; 'we shall never get to bed.'
'I won't say another word,' said Katie.
"In his early years Macassar had had a maiden aunt. This lady died and left behind her a will, in which, with many expressions of the warmest affection and fullest confidence, she left £3,000 in the three per cents——"