A prosperous Solicitor usually occupies very dirty offices, and his furniture is mostly Mid-Victorian and rickety.

Mr. John Storalore was no exception to this rule and never seemed to object to such surroundings, but on the contrary always appeared to be surrounded by such objects.

He was sitting in his office one June afternoon and was dozing over some particularly dusty documents when his clerk announced Sir Pufferby Pawstone. Now Sir Pufferby was an important client who always had his hair cut and called on his Solicitor when he found himself with nothing better to do. It is not surprising, therefore, that Mr. Storalore should receive him with open arms and assume a very profound expression.

After the usual courtesies had been exchanged, and Lady Pawstone's health touched upon, Sir Pufferby announced that he desired to make a Will.

Mr. Storalore was all attention and took elaborate notes of Sir Pufferby's testamentary wishes, which were extensive and complicated. This done, Sir Pufferby begged Mr. Storalore to give him a brief and concise account of the steps which it is necessary for Executors and Trustees to take in the administration of the affairs of a deceased person from the moment of death up to the final distribution of the Residue.

Do not worry about what Mr. Storalore actually said to Sir Pufferby, for Sir Pufferby was an old woman, and Mr. Storalore knew his client, but say what he would have said to you in answer to such a question.