Your first cousin, Douglas Dale, is
studying for the law--would not that profession suit you?"
"I am in your hands, sir, and am ready to obey you in everything."
"Well, think over what I have said; and if you choose to enter yourself
as a student in the Temple, I will assist you with all necessary
funds."
"My dear uncle, you are too good."
"I wish to serve you as far as I can with justice to others. And now,
Reginald, we will speak no more of the past. What do you think of my
wife?"
"She is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld."
"And she is as good and true as she is beautiful--a pearl of price,
Reginald. I thank Providence for giving me so great a treasure."
"And this treasure will be possessor of Raynham Castle, I suppose,"
thought the young man, savagely.
Sir Oswald spoke presently, almost as if in answer to his nephew's
thoughts.
"As I have been thoroughly candid with you, Reginald," he said, "I may
as well tell you even more. I am at an age which some call the prime of
life, and I feel all my old vigour. But death sometimes comes suddenly
to men whose life seems as full of promise as mine seems to me now. I
wish that when I die there may be no possible disappointment as to the
disposal of my fortune. Other men make a mystery of the contents of
their wills. I wish the terms of my will to be known by all interested
in it.
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