Lord Iverbrook's Heir (1986)
“Who the devil is Miss Whitton?” cried Lord Iverbrook in exasperation. He ran one hand through already dishevelled brown hair.
The lawyer looked at him in mild surprise, peering through gold-rimmed pince-nez that seemed as dusty as everything else in the gloomy office.
“Your late brother’s sister-in-law, my lord,” he explained.
“Gil’s sister-in-law? Of course. I’d forgot he married a Whitton.”
“Indeed, my lord. If I may continue, it is to Miss Whitton that the guardianship of your nephew has been entrusted.”
“Not merely my nephew, dammit, Hubble. The child’s my heir and ought to be under my protection. That’s why I came to see you as soon as I reached England. Not to be raked down for freeing my slaves. Of all the cork-brained, ramshackle notions, to make my heir the ward of a female! Who put that into Gil’s head, I’d like to know?”
"He is your heir presumptive only,” reminded Mr. Hubble, “and your lordship was absent at the time. Mr. Carrick had the will drawn up several months after ...your departure for the West Indies.MoreLess
The lawyer looked at him in mild surprise, peering through gold-rimmed pince-nez that seemed as dusty as everything else in the gloomy office.
“Your late brother’s sister-in-law, my lord,” he explained.
“Gil’s sister-in-law? Of course. I’d forgot he married a Whitton.”
“Indeed, my lord. If I may continue, it is to Miss Whitton that the guardianship of your nephew has been entrusted.”
“Not merely my nephew, dammit, Hubble. The child’s my heir and ought to be under my protection. That’s why I came to see you as soon as I reached England. Not to be raked down for freeing my slaves. Of all the cork-brained, ramshackle notions, to make my heir the ward of a female! Who put that into Gil’s head, I’d like to know?”
"He is your heir presumptive only,” reminded Mr. Hubble, “and your lordship was absent at the time. Mr. Carrick had the will drawn up several months after ...your departure for the West Indies.MoreLess
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