Sir Charles was very fond of talking about his will.”
“That is very interesting.”
“I hope,” said Dr. Mortimer, “that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received any money from Sir Charles, for he also left me a thousand pounds.”
“Indeed! And anyone else?”
“There were many small sums to a large number of people and organizations. The rest went to Sir Henry.”
“And how much was the rest?”
“Seven hundred and forty thousand pounds.”
Holmes looked surprised. “I had no idea that it was such a gigantic sum,” said he.
“The total value of the estate was close on to a million.”
“It is a sum for which a man might play a risky game!”
“And have you made your will, Sir Henry?”
“No, Mr. Holmes, I have not. I’ve had no time, for it was only yesterday that I arrived.”
“Well, Sir Henry, I think you’d better go to Devonshire without delay. But you certainly must not go alone.”
“Dr. Mortimer returns with me.”
“But Dr. Mortimer has his practice, and his house is miles away from yours. He may be unable to help you. No, Sir Henry, you must take with you someone, who will be always by your side.”
“Could come yourself, Mr. Holmes?”
“If matters came to a crisis I should try to be present; but you can understand that, with my consulting practice and with the other cases on hand, it is impossible for me to be absent from London for a long time.”
“Whom would you recommend, then?”
Holmes laid his hand upon my arm.
“If my friend agrees there is no man who is better to have at your side when you are in trouble.”
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