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importance."
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She gave you no hint as to what that matter might be?"
Unfortunately, no."
That is a pity," said John.
A great pity," agreed Poirot gravely.
There was silence. Poirot remained lost in thought for a few minutes. Finally
he turned to the lawyer again.
"Mr. Wells, there is one thing I should like to ask you--that is, if it is not
against professional etiquette. In the event of Mrs. Inglethorp's death, who
would inherit her money?"
The lawyer hesitated a moment, and then replied:
"The knowledge will be public property very soon, so if Mr. Cavendish does
not object----"
"Not at all," interpolated John.
"I do not see any reason why I should not answer your question. By her last
will, dated August of last year, after various unimportant legacies to
servants, etc., she gave her entire fortune to her stepson, Mr. John
Cavendish."
"
Was not that--pardon the question, Mr. Cavendish--rather unfair to her
other stepson, Mr. Lawrence Cavendish?"
"No, I do not think so. You see, under the terms of their father's will, while
John inherited the property, Lawrence, at his stepmother's death, would
come into a considerable sum of money. Mrs. Inglethorp left her money to
her elder stepson, knowing that he would have to keep up Styles. It was, to
my mind, a very fair and equitable distribution."
Poirot nodded thoughtfully.
"
I see. But I am right in saying, am I not, that by your English law that will
was automatically revoked when Mrs. Inglethorp remarried?"
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