And when we've seen him, you can take me to see Daniel
Multenius's granddaughter."
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
THE DEAD MAN'S PROPERTY
Old Daniel Multenius had been quietly laid to rest that afternoon, and at
the very moment in which Mr. Killick and his companions were driving away
from the police station to seek Stuyvesant Guyler at his hotel, Mr.
Penniket was closeted with Zillah and her cousin Melky Rubinstein in the
back-parlour of the shop in Praed Street--behind closed and locked doors
which they had no intention of opening to anybody. Now that the old man
was dead and buried, it was necessary to know how things stood with
respect to his will and his property, and, as Mr. Penniket had remarked as
they drove back from the cemetery, there was no reason why they should not
go into matters there and then. Zillah and Melky were the only relations--
and the only people concerned, said Mr. Penniket. Five minutes would put
them in possession of the really pertinent facts as regards the provisions
of the will--but there would be details to go into. And now they were all
three sitting round the table, and Mr.
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