" there must be a fleet of company cars outside . don't get in the wrong way one ."
he smiled ." it was a good service , minty , good for nathan . i will remember it ."
' that's what i wanted ." io said .
the room emtied , leaving a whiff of tobacco smoke from a rebel smoker , spilled wine , and egg and cress sandwiches squashed onto plates ,some time ago , eve had borne the protesting twins back to london , which , i promised them , would be much nocer than being bored by all the grown-ups . now only the family and theo , the solicitor , remained . he gestured for us to to gather around ." why don't you all sit down ." he suggested .
theo lean back agauinst the table on which were stacked the wine bottles and dirty glasses , and explained what was in nathan 's will . " the estate is to be divided as follows . the arrangements are quite complicated and involve the appointment of trustees , i'll come back to that in a minute . but briefly , the arrangements cover first , the house at lakey street and its contents , and second , nathan's investments and cash , minty has a life interest in the house at laker street , subject to her occuping it . if she choose to live elsewhere or if she dies it is to be sold and proceedd divided equally between the twins . if that happens before they are twentyone , the trustees are to invest the money until they reach that age ,. the contents of two paintings , which nathan specifically wanted to pass to rose , sam , and poppy , plus the dionning room table and chairs , and an inlaid half-moon table that he paritcularly wished the twins to inherit , althiugh minty will have the right to look after them until the twins come of age .
he smiled ." it was a good service , minty , good for nathan . i will remember it ."
' that's what i wanted ." io said .
the room emtied , leaving a whiff of tobacco smoke from a rebel smoker , spilled wine , and egg and cress sandwiches squashed onto plates ,some time ago , eve had borne the protesting twins back to london , which , i promised them , would be much nocer than being bored by all the grown-ups . now only the family and theo , the solicitor , remained . he gestured for us to to gather around ." why don't you all sit down ." he suggested .
theo lean back agauinst the table on which were stacked the wine bottles and dirty glasses , and explained what was in nathan 's will . " the estate is to be divided as follows . the arrangements are quite complicated and involve the appointment of trustees , i'll come back to that in a minute . but briefly , the arrangements cover first , the house at lakey street and its contents , and second , nathan's investments and cash , minty has a life interest in the house at laker street , subject to her occuping it . if she choose to live elsewhere or if she dies it is to be sold and proceedd divided equally between the twins . if that happens before they are twentyone , the trustees are to invest the money until they reach that age ,. the contents of two paintings , which nathan specifically wanted to pass to rose , sam , and poppy , plus the dionning room table and chairs , and an inlaid half-moon table that he paritcularly wished the twins to inherit , althiugh minty will have the right to look after them until the twins come of age .
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