Good-bye to all that : $b An autobiography — John Shaqi
Good-bye to all that : $b An autobiographyGraves, Robert
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Good-bye to all that : $b An autobiography
Graves, Robert
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Graves, Robert, 1895-1985; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
is being wrongly withheld from me by the rogue of a solicitor in
whose hands it is. I had one brother and one sister. The brother had
saved money, and insured himself in many ways against his old age.
The sister was well married to a man in good position; heartless,
and hardened with her worldly life, and abnormally unnatural. She
was expelled from two schools. She contracted an insane hatred of
me, her little sister, and being full of cupidity, has tried to rob
me of the little I have. My brother intended me to be his heir
and inherit all his money. He wrote her this. But he was not a good
brother and I did not visit him. He was a widower without offspring.
Then he died suddenly in 1926, Xmas. She got to his house and wired
me the death. Afterwards she wrote a few lines _but never told me the
date of the funeral and has hid everything about his affairs from
me_—his declared heir! She declared there was no Will to be found,
and when I arrived in the Midlands from Yorkshire and got to his
Vicarage _she, with her woman friend, had locked me out of the house,
to prevent my search for the Will_! Upon advice I issued a Caveat
and they at once _violated the Caveat_, and began to arrange for the
sale of furniture! I heard of it by chance and stopped the sale. Then
I was taken ill with my lungs in Derbyshire, whither I had returned
after engaging a lawyer to safeguard my interests on the spot. They
then corrupted my solicitor, who let me down badly, and I was ill in
Derby. They warned the Caveat, and I could not enter an appearance,
so it became abortive. Then my sister got herself made sole
Administratrix. I had intended to apply to be joint Administratrix.
Then began a series of fraudulent acts and maladministration. Her
solicitor is a rogue and he is trying to force me to ‘_approve_’
his unsatisfactory accounts by withholding my share until I sign an
undertaking not to proceed against them afterwards. _One_ item in
accounts is falsified which I can prove, and other gross acts of
fraud can be proved. _Foul play_ has been pursued throughout, and
they are now shadowing me everywhere by hired agents who find out
the solicitors I employ and buy them off, or otherwise prevent their
acting against them for me. It is the _grossest_ case imaginable. I
hold all my documents and can prove everything. I have a clear and
strong case. But I need a _London_ solicitor—away from the North
where my sister lives in Northumberland—and I will not sink my
moral principle to accept, not my lawful Half-Share, but what they
choose to offer me, namely £919, 13s. 3d. and 18 months’ interest. I
want the Court to take over the administration. I have applied to the
solicitor for an advance upon my share and he refuses again in order
to _compel_ me to sign this infamous agreement. I had £50 in advance
in 1926 which is shown in accounts. I just need this £10 now so as to
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