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Osborne, the report went on, is now an alderman and full - tie that he hopes to becoo He has recentlymanufacturer, and as yet they have no children

Williaain to be sure that he had not h there did not seereat deal to connect the twothat the association between Abel Rosnovski and Henry Osborne, both of whom hated hierous to him He mailed a cheque to Thomas Cohen and requested that he update the - file every quarter, but as thenew, he began to stop worrying, thinking perhaps he had overreacted to the photograph in the Boston Globe

Kate presented her husband with a daughter in the spring of 1937, who nappies again, and such was his fascination for ’the little lady’ that Kate had to rescue the child each night for fear she would never get any sleep Richard, noo and a half, didn’t care too in with, but time and a neooden soldier on a horse, combined to allay his jealousy

By the end of the year, William’s department at Kane and Cabot had ed froy that had overco his reputation as a shrewd investor in the stock market, not least when ’sell ’em short’ Smith admitted he had only perfected a technique developed by William Kane of Boston Even Tony Simmons’ direction had become less irksome Nevertheless, William was secretly worried by the prospect that he could not become chairman of Kane and Cabot until Sian to consider looking around for employ Charles Lester in New York about once a rown very old over the three years since Matthew’s death, and nunours in financial circles were that be had lost all interest in his work and was rarely seen at the bank Williaer the old man would live, and then a feeeks later he died William travelled down to the funeral in New York

Everyone see the Vice - President of the United States, John Nance Garner After the funeral, William and Kate took the train back to Boston, numbly conscious that they had lost their last link with the Lester family

It was sorne six months later that William received a couished New York lawyers, asking hi of the will of the late Charles Lester at their offices in Wall Street Willia, more from loyalty to the Lester family than from any curiosity to knohat Charles Lester had left him He hoped for a small memento that would remind him of Matthew and join the ’Harvard Oar’ that still hung on the wall of the guest room of the Red House He also looked forward to the opportunity of renewing his acquaintance with many members of the Lester fae holidays spent with Matthew

Williaht before the reading and stayed at the Harvard Club The as to be read at ten o?clock the following , and William was surprised to find on his arrival in the offices of Sullivan and Cromwell that over fifty people were already present Many of thereeted several of Matthew’s cousins and aunts, looking rather older than he reme the same about him His eyes searched for Mattliew’s sister Susan, but he couldn’tsee her At ten o’clock precisely Mr Arthur Cro a brown leather folder Everyone fell silent in hopeful expectation The lawyer began by explaining to the assembled would - be beneficiaries that the contents of the will had not been disclosed until six months after Cliarles Lester’s death at Mr Lester’s specific instruction: having no son to whom to leave his fortune he had wanted the dust to settle after his death before his final intentions were made clear

Williaing on every syllable issuing from the lawyees mouth Arthur Cro the usual bequests to family retainers, charities and Harvard University, Croment on to reveal that Charles Lester had divided his personal fortune a to their degree of kinship His daughter, Susan, received the largest share of the estate while the five nephews and three neices each received an equal portion of the rest All their money and shares were to be held in trust by the bank until they were thirty Several other cousins, aunts and distant relations were given immediate cash payments