# The Executor Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. LXXXIX

Author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59759

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## Summary

It was the most extraordinary of speeches, considering the circumstances and place in which it was spoken. A parlour of very grim and homely aspect, furnished with dark mahogany and black haircloth, the blinds of the two windows solemnly drawn down, the shutters of one half-closed; two traditional decanters of wine standing reflected in the shining uncovered table; half-a-dozen people all in mourning, in various attitudes of surprise, disappointment, and displeasure; and close by one of the windows Mr Brown, the attorney, holding up to the light that extraordinary scrap of paper, which had fallen upon them all like a thunderbolt. Only half an hour ago he had attended her funeral with deco...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-executor-blackwood-s-edinburgh-magazine-vol-lxxxix-59759/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-executor-blackwood-s-edinburgh-magazine-vol-lxxxix-59759/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-executor-blackwood-s-edinburgh-magazine-vol-lxxxix-59759/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-executor-blackwood-s-edinburgh-magazine-vol-lxxxix-59759/chapters/4/index.md)