分类: Oracle
2012-12-17 20:08:49
‘Early this evening I was surprised by a visit from Christian Moxey—a name you know. He came to tell me that his sister (she of w hom I once spoke to you) was dead, and had bequeathed to me a large sum of money. He said that it represented an income of eight hundred pounds.
‘I knew nothing of Miss Moxey’s illness, and the news of her will came to me as a surprise. In word or deed, I never sought more than her simple friendship—and even that I believed myself to have forfeited.‘If I were to ref use this money, it would be in consequence of a scruple which I do not in truth respect. Christian Moxey tells me that his sister’s desire was