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MASHI
17

"Just sip some pomegranate juice, dear! Your throat must be getting dry."

"I wrote my will yesterday; did I show it to you? I can't recollect."

"There's no need to show it to me, Jotin."

"When mother died, I had nothing of my own. You fed me and brought me up. Therefore I was saying——"

"Nonsense, child! I had only this house and a little property. You earned the rest."

"But this house——?"

"That's nothing. Why, you've added to it so much that it's difficult to find out where my house was!"

"I'm sure Mani's love for you is really——"

"Yes, yes! I know that, Jotin. Now you try to sleep."

"Though I have bequeathed all my property to Mani, it is practically yours, Mashi. She will never disobey you."

"Why are you worrying so much about that, dear?"

"All I have I owe to you. When you see my will don't think for a moment that——"

"What do you mean, Jotin? Do you think I