The Gay Sisters Page #4

ADMITTED TO PROBATE,

A FRENCH LADY- WELL, WE'LL

CALL HER A LADY, AT ANY RATE-

WHO HAD NURSED PENN GAYLORD

WHILE HE WAS RECOVERING

FROM SHELL SHOCK

IN A FRENCH SANITARIUM,

CLAIMED THAT PRIOR TO HIS

RETURN TO THE BATTLEFIELD,

SHE HAD BECOME HIS WIFE.

IT TOOK 6 YEARS TO

ELIMINATE HER FROM THE CASE.

APPARENTLY, NOTHING THA COULD HAPPEN IN A CASE

FAILED TO HAPPEN

IN THIS CASE.

NO, YOUR HONOR.

SINCE THIS CONTES SEEMS TO BE

OVER 10%

OF THE ESTATE,

DIDN'T IT EVER OCCUR TO

ANYONE THAT IT MIGHT BE

SETTLED AMICABLY BETWEEN

THE HEIRS AND THE CHARITY?

OH, CERTAINLY,

YOUR HONOR.

THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN

TALK OF SETTLEMENT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO,

WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF

SETTLEMENT WHEN SOMEONE-

I KNOW-

SOMEONE DIED.

NO, YOUR HONOR,

NOT THIS TIME.

BUT, MOST REGRETTABLY, THE

CHARITY BROKE OFF NEGOTIATIONS

AND REFUSED TO SETTLE.

NO, IT WASN'T THE CHARITY

THAT REFUSED TO SETTLE.

IT WAS ONE MAN:

WHO WORMED HIMSELF

INTO THE CONTROL OF THE CHARITY

- CHARLES BARCLAY.

IT'S HE WHO REFUSED

TO SETTLE.

THE GAYLORD SISTERS HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN WILLING TO GIVE TO THE CHARITY

THE 10% WHICH THEY MIGHT HAVE

GOTTEN UNDER THE FRENCH WILL,

AND WE'RE WILLING

TO DO IT NOW.

BUT THAT'S NO WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY WANT TO PROLONG THIS

LITIGATION OVER THE QUESTION

OF WHETHER THE FRENCH WILL

WAS VALID OR NOT INDEFINITELY,

AND THE MAN WHO IS BEHIND

THEM IS CHARLES BARCLAY.

AND IF IT HADN' BEEN FOR HIM,

THIS CASE WOULD HAVE

BEEN SETTLED YEARS AGO.

I MUST CAUTION YOU, MISS FIONA,

YOU'LL ONLY COMPLICATE THE CASE.

COMPLICATE IT?

OH, DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!

IT'S SO COMPLICATED NOW, I LOOKS LIKE A DISH OF SPAGHETTI.

AND JUST HOW DOES MR. BARCLAY

ENTER INTO THE LITIGATION?

HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE A CHARITABLE

ORGANIZATION CAN AFFORD THE SERVICES

OF AN EXPENSIVE LAWYER

LIKE MR. WHEELER?

ONLY BECAUSE MR. BARCLAY

PAYS THE BILLS.

AND WHY DOES MR. BARCLAY

PAY THE BILLS?

BECAUSE MR. BARCLAY WANTS TO BUY

THE GAYLORD HOUSE, TEAR IT DOWN,

AND ERECT IN ITS PLACE A

HIDEOUS MONUMENT TO HIS VANITY

TO BE KNOWN:

AS BARCLAY SQUARE.

AND WHY CAN'T MR. BARCLAY

BUY THE GAYLORD HOUSE?

BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE

ESTATE WHICH IS IN LITIGATION.

I GOT IT DIREC FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.

IT BELONGS TO ME... AND A

GAYLORD NEVER SELLS THE LAND.

YOUR HONOR,

IT EMBARRASSES ME

THAT A CLIENT OF MINE SHOULD

BE GUILTY OF SUCH MISCONDUCT,

PARTICULARLY:

IN YOUR HONOR'S COURT.

I CAN ONLY ASK YOUR HONOR'S

INDULGENCE ON THE GROUNDS

OF THE NERVOUS STRAIN TO

WHICH SHE'S BEEN SUBJECTED.

AND AS FOR MR. BARCLAY, EVEN

IF HE HAS ENGAGED MR. WHEELER

TO PROTECT HIS INTERES IN THE BOYS' CLUB,

WHY SHOULDN'T HE INTERES HIMSELF IN THIS CHARITY,

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