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Amidst a profound silence Jack walked slowly and quietly out of the house. There was no anger in his heart against the old man whose favorite he had once been--for the moment there was scarcely any anger against Stephen; surprise and bewilderment overwhelmed every other feeling.
He had not expected a large sum of money--had certainly not expected the Hurst; and but for the words spoken by the dying man, he would not have expected anything at all, after having offended him in the matter of the money-lenders and the post-obit. But most assuredly the squire had intimated that there would be something--something, however small.