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Early the following morning Dr. Mackenzie despatched a note in Mr. Lindsay's name to Messrs. Hatchett, Small, and Hatchett, asking that one of the firm should call upon him as soon as possible, and take his instructions for the making of his will. This note was delivered in the afternoon, and was in due course passed on to Mr. Beattie, with the words pencilled across it, ‘Please attend to this at once. ' Mr. Hatchett and Mr. Small were both too important men to attend in person and take instructions for a will, and the junior partner happened to be in America.
‘Ah! ' said Beattie to himself, as he glanced at the note, ‘this will decide our friend Lindsay's future. I wonder whether Semple will come in for a good share. Surely, if he does, he won't trouble me about that six hundred I owe him?'