Chapter IX.
"To duty firm, to conscience true,
However tried and pressed,
In God's clear sight high work we do,
If we but do out best."
Lawrence came down to the funeral, and I took good care that he
should hear all about his father's last hours, and I made the
solicitor show him the unsigned will. He made hardly any comment on
it till we three were alone together. Then with a sort of kindly
patronage he turned to his brother--Derrick, it must be remembered,
was the elder twin--and said pityingly, "Poor old fellow! it was
rather rough on you that the governor couldn't sign this; but never
mind, you'll soon, no doubt, be earning a fortune by your books; and
besides, what does a bachelor want with more than you've already
inherited from our mother? Whereas, an officer just going to be
married, and with this confounded reputation of hero to keep up,
why, I can tell you it needs every penny of it!"
Derrick looked at his brother searchingly. I honestly believe that
he didn't very much care about the money, but it cut him to the
heart that Lawrence should treat him so shabbily.
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