As Emily entered Maxwell tendered his sympathies in his usual elegant
manner, and so touchingly did he allude to the death of her father that
with much difficulty she restrained a flood of tears. The scene in the
office, and the disfavor with which she had lately regarded him, were
forgotten in his eloquence.
After this courtesy to the daughter of his former patron, Maxwell again
seated himself, and after briefly and formally stating the reasons of
their meeting, to which he added a short but apparently very feeling
eulogy of the deceased, he took the packet from the safe, and proceeded
to break the seals.
In his full and musical tones the attorney read the preliminary parts of
the instrument, and then commenced upon the principal items of the will.
First came several legacies to charitable institutions and to personal
friends; after which was a legacy of ten thousand dollars to Emily
Dumont, to be paid in Cincinnati by his brother. The testator further
declared _that the said Emily was manumitted_, and should proceed under
the guidance of his brother to the place designated for the payment of
the legacy.
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