human
I forget if I told you that I am starting this very night for a long journey, and before doing so I want to ask you to do me a favour----
gpt
Would you kindly witness my will? I have just come into a sum of money, and--and, though my will is actually being drawn up by a friend, who is also a lawyer, I have felt uneasy----
human
I quite understand. You have thought it wise to make a provisional will? Well, that's a very sensible thing to do! We medical men see much trouble caused by foolish postponement of such matters. Some men seem to think that making a will is tantamount to signing their own death-warrant!
gpt
If I might ask you for a sheet of notepaper. I see a pen and blotting-pad over there----
human
This is rather informal, isn't it? Of course, I have no call to interfere, Mr. Dering; but if a large sum is involved might it not be better to wait?
gpt
I don't wish to make any mystery about it, Dr. Johnstone. I am leaving everything to my wife, and after her to sundry young people in whom we are both interested. If I die intestate, I understand that distant relatives of my own--people whom I don't like, and who have never done anything for me--are bound to benefit.
human
To Louise Larsen (commonly known as Mrs. Philip Dering), of 9, Lady Rich Road, Bedford Park, and after her death to be divided equally between the children of my esteemed friend, James Wingfield, solicitor, of 24, Abingdon Street, Westminster, and the children of the late Mrs. John Hinton, of 8, Lady Rich Road, Bedford Park.