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TRUST ME
‘You mean,’ gasped William at the news, ‘you didn’t just get her to say it, she really means it – Dad doesn’t get a bean?’
‘It rather looks that way,’ admitted Algy thoughtfully. ‘My gambit turned out to be just a lucky guess, by the sound of it. Unless she makes a habit of changing her will, although she didn’t strike me as the sort who would. It rather puts the damper on things for your father, I imagine. This calls for another bout of thinking.’
‘You can say that again,’ said William, utterly dispirited. ‘It puts the kibosh on everything. Bang goes any chance I had of getting married to Kate with Dad’s help. Where’s he going to get his money from now?’ A sudden thought occurred to him. ‘At least it kills off any hopes that Lavinia had – I wonder what she’ll have to say t
