The Adventures of Roderick Random - 4

by Tobias Smollett in English Adventure Stories

CHAPTER IV My Grandfather makes his Will—our second Visit—he Dies—his Will is read in Presence of all his living Descendants—the Disappointment of my female Cousins—my Uncle’s Behaviour A few weeks after our first visit, we were informed that the ...Read Morejudge, at the end of a fit of thoughtfulness, which lasted three days, had sent for a notary and made his will; that the distemper had mounted from his legs to his stomach, and, being conscious of his approaching end, he had desired to see all his descendants without exception. In obedience to this summons, my uncle set out with Read Less