We take little but trouble--you'll see; go on.'
Then it came out that all this multifarious splendour was bequeathed in
trust for me, subject to a bequest of 15,000_l_. to his only brother, Silas
Aylmer Ruthyn, and 3,500_l_. each to the two children of his said brother;
and lest any doubt should arise by reason of his, the testator's decease
as to the continuance of the arrangement by way of lease under which
he enjoyed his present habitation and farm, he left him the use of the
mansion-house and lands of Bartram-Haugh, in the county of Derbyshire, and
of the lands of so-and-so and so-and-so, adjoining thereto, in the said
county, for the term of his natural life, on payment of a rent of 5_s_.
per annum, and subject to the like conditions as to waste, &c., as are
expressed in the said lease.
'By your leave, may I ask is them dispositions all the devises to my
client, which is his only brother, as it seems to me you've seen the will
before?' enquired Mr. Sleigh.
'Nothing more, unless there is something in the codicil,' answered Dr.
Bryerly.
But there was no mention of him in the codicil.
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