He gave
directions about the funeral with great discretion, after having
paid the compliments of condolence to his aunt, whom he consoled
with the assurance of his inviolable esteem and affection. He ordered
a suit of mourning to be made for every person in the garrison,
and invited all the neighbouring gentlemen to the burial, not even
excepting his father and brother Gam, who did not, however, honour
the ceremony with their presence; nor was his mother humane enough
to visit her sister-in-law in her distress.
In the method of interment, the commodore's injunctions were obeyed
to a title; and at the same time our hero made a donation of fifty
pounds to the poor of the parish, as a benefaction which his uncle
had forgot to bequeath. Having performed these obsequies with the
most pious punctuality, he examined the will, to which there was
no addition since it had first been executed, adjusted the payment
of all the legacies, and, being sole executor, took an account of
the estate to which he had succeeded, which, after all deductions,
amounted to thirty thousand pounds.
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