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by Anthony Trollope
Indecision over the discovery of a hidden will drives a rejected heir to the edge of madness.
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Uncle Indefer
“I have a conscience, my dear, on this matter,” said an old gentleman to a young lady, as the two were sitting in the breakfast parlour of a country house which looked down from the cliffs over the sea on the coast of Carmarthenshire.
“And so have I, Uncle Indefer; and as my conscience is backed by my inclination, whereas yours is not—”
“You think that I shall give way?”
“I did not mean that.”
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