But for some days this opinion was not general in
Dillsborough. Mr. Mainwaring had heard that Reginald had been sent
away from Bragton with a flea in his ear, and was pretty certain
that when the will was read it would be found that the property was
to go to Mrs. Morton's friends. Dr. Nupper was of the same opinion.
There were many in Dillsborough with whom Reginald was not
popular;--and who thought that some man of a different kind would
do better as Squire of Bragton. "He don't know a fox when he sees
'un," said Tony Tuppett to Larry Twentyman, whom he had come across
the county to call upon and to console.
CHAPTER X
The Will
On that Saturday the club met at Dillsborough,--even though the
Squire of Bragton had died on Friday morning. Through the whole of
that Saturday the town had been much exercised in its belief and
expressions, as to the disposition of the property. The town knew
very well that Mr. Masters, the attorney, had been sent for to
Bragton on the previous Wednesday,--whence the deduction as to a
new will, made of course under the auspices of Mrs. Morton, would
have been quite plain to the town, had not a portion of the town
heard that the attorney had not been for a moment with the dying
man during his visit. This latter piece of information had come
through Lady Ushant, who had been in her nephew's bedroom the whole
time;--but Lady Ushant had not much personal communication with the
town generally, and would probably have said nothing on this
subject had not Mr.
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