hard and bitter: 'You shan't!' Then the slam of the door, and Mr. Henry was gone!\" Gabbitt made a dramatic pause.
\"Go on,\" said Mme. Storey.
\"It had happened before,\" he resumed, \"and I didn't take it so serious. Not until yesterday morning, that is, when the Commodore's lawyer turned up and a new will was made.\"
\"Oh, a new will.\"
\"Yes, ma'am. That had happened before, too. But on former occasions the lawyer had been called in and instructions given him,
hard and bitter: 'You shan't!' Then the slam of the door, and Mr. Henry was gone!\" Gabbitt made a dramatic pause.
\"Go on,\" said Mme. Storey.
\"It had happened before,\" he resumed, \"and I didn't take it so serious. Not until yesterday morning, that is, when the Commodore's lawyer turned up and a new will was made.\"
\"Oh, a new will.\"
\"Yes, ma'am. That had happened before, too. But on former occasions the lawyer had been called in and instructions given him,