Touchett's mind, that it exposed one to be
taken advantage of. For herself she was on the spot; there was nothing
so good as that. She made known to Isabel very punctually-it was the
evening her son was buried several of Ralph's testamentary
arrangements. He had told her everything, had consulted her about
everything. He left her no money; of course she had no need of
money. He left her the furniture of Gardencourt, exclusive of the
pictures and books and the use of the place for a year; after which it
was to be sold. The money produced by the sale was to constitute an
endowment for a hospital for poor persons suffering from the malady of
which he died; and of this portion of the will Lord Warburton was
appointed executor. The rest of his property, which was to be
withdrawn from the bank, was disposed of in various bequests,
several of them to those cousins in Vermont to whom his father had
already been so bountiful. Then there were a number of small legacies.
"Some of them are extremely peculiar," said Mrs. Touchett; "he has
left considerable sums to persons I never heard of. He gave me a list,
and I asked then who some of them were, and he told me they were
people who at various times had seemed to like him.
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