At length Falconer would sometimes leave him with Miss St. John,
till he or I should go for him: he knew she could keep him safe. He
knew that she would keep him if necessary.
One evening when I went to see Falconer, I found him alone. It was
one of these occasions.
'I am very glad you have come, Gordon,' he said. 'I was wanting to
see you. I have got things nearly ready now. Next month, or at
latest, the one after, we shall sail; and I have some business with
you which had better be arranged at once. No one knows what is
going to happen. The man who believes the least in chance knows as
little as the man who believes in it the most. My will is in the
hands of Dobson. I have left you everything.'
I was dumb.
'Have you any objection?' he said, a little anxiously.
'Am I able to fulfil the conditions?' I faltered.
'I have burdened you with no conditions,' he returned. 'I don't
believe in conditions. I know your heart and mind now. I trust you
perfectly.'
'I am unworthy of it.'
'That is for me to judge.'
'Will you have no trustees?'
'Not one.'
'What do you want me to do with your property?'
'You know well enough. Keep it going the right way.'
'I will always think what you would like.'
'No; do not. Think what is right; and where there is no right or
wrong plain in itself, then think what is best. You may see good
reason to change some of my plans. You may be wrong; but you must
do what you see right--not what I see or might see right.
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