“That is the conclusion my partners and I came to. But, Tempest, ought we to disclose the other simply to catch the murderer?”
“No, I think not. Sir John is dead. You can’t bring him to life again. All you can do is to regard his wishes. I bet he’d prefer that to the stringing up of some poor devil.”
When the motion came on in court the trust was upheld. As constituted under the will it had been perfectly valid; but now under the terms of the will the litigation had put an end to it, and the court ruled that the capital moneys had now vested in the surviving partners for their own benefit.
“Come and dine with all of us to-night, Tempest,” said one of the partners, as they left the law courts after hearing judgment given. “We’re in a deuce of a quandary!”
The invitation was accepted, an
