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1、TOSHABNAMANDALEXANDERCONTENTSPROLOGUEHARRYCLIFTONANDEMMABARRINGTON1945–195112345678GILESBARRINGTON1951–1954910111213141516ALEXFISHER1954–19551718192021GILESBARRINGTON195522232425SEBASTIANCLIFTON1955–195726272829303132HARRYCLIFTON1957333435363738SEBASTIANCLIFTON195739404142
2、43444546PROLOGUEBIGBENSTRUCKfourtimes.AlthoughtheLordChancellorwasexhausted,anddrainedfromwhathadtakenplacethatnight,enoughadrenalinwasstillpumpingthroughhisbodytoensurethathewasquiteunabletosleep.HehadassuredtheirlordshipsthathewoulddeliverarulinginthecaseofBarringtonvers
3、usCliftonastowhichoftheyoungmenshouldinherittheancienttitleandthefamily’svastestates.Onceagainheconsideredthefacts,becausehebelievedthatthefacts,andonlythefacts,shoulddeterminehisfinaljudgment.Whenhe’dbegunhispupillagesomefortyyearsbefore,hispupilmasterhadadvisedhimtodismi
4、ssallpersonalfeelings,sentimentorbiaswhenitcametomakingajudgmentoneitheryourclientorthecasebeforeyou.Thelawwasnotaprofessionforthefaint-heartedortheromantic,hestressed.However,afterabidingbythismantraforfourdecades,theLordChancellorhadtoadmithe’dnevercomeacrossacasethatwas
5、sofinelybalanced.HeonlywishedF.E.Smithwasstillalive,sohecouldseekhisadvice.Ontheonehand...howhehatedthoseclichédwords.Ontheonehand,HarryCliftonhadbeenbornthreeweeksbeforehisclosestfriend,GilesBarrington:fact.Ontheotherhand,GilesBarringtonwasunquestionablythelegitimatesonof
6、SirHugoBarringtonandhislawfullyweddedwife,Elizabeth:fact.Butthatdidn’tmakehimSirHugo’sfirstborn,andthatwastherelevantpointofthewill.Ontheonehand,MaisieTancockgavebirthtoHarryonthe28thdayoftheninthmonthaftershe’dadmittedhavingadalliancewithSirHugoBarringtonwhiletheywereonaw
7、orksoutingtoWeston-super-Mare.Fact.Ontheotherhand,MaisieTancockwasmarriedtoArthurCliftonwhenHarrywasborn,andthebirthcertificatestatedunequivocallythatArthurwasthefatherofthechild.Fact.Ontheonehand...theLordChancellor’sthoughtsreturnedtowhathadtakenplaceinthechamberafterthe
8、HousehadfinallydividedandthemembershadcasttheirvotesastowhetherGilesBarringtonorHarryClif
