READING THE WILL.
Characters:
- Swipes, a brewer. Currie, a saddler. Frank Millington, and ’Squire Drawl.
Enter Swipes, R.,[3] Currie, L.
Swipes. A sober occasion this, brother Currie! Who would have thought the old lady was so near her end?
Currie. Ah! we must all die, brother Swipes. Those who live longest outlive the most.
Swipes. True, true; but, since we must die and leave our earthly possessions, it is well that the law takes such good care of us. Had the old lady her senses when she departed?
Cur. Perfectly, perfectly. ’Squire Drawl told me she read every word of her last will and testament aloud, and never signed her name better.
Swipes. Had you any hint from the ’Squire what disposition she made of her property?