Where There's a Will by Sulari Gentill

Author:Sulari Gentill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

At the Vose Galleries

One of the most delightful exhibits of the season opened yesterday at the Vose Galleries with the preview of Mr John Lavalle’s notable group of portraits. Mrs Lavalle, whose portrait is one of this collection, wore simple distinctive black with huge creamy gardenias as she received yesterday with Mr Lavalle, and others there yesterday whose portraits afforded interesting studies were Mrs George H. Lyman Jr in hunters green velvet with cleaver blouse of matching lame and little peaked hat of velvet, Mrs Basil Gavin in stunning coat of black moire caracul, Miss Natalie Folsom in fetching black with sparkling twin slips of frosty leaves, and Mrs Henry G. Nickerson (Laetitia Orlandini) who attended with Mr. Nickerson…

—Boston Globe, November 19, 1935

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Rowland took the boxes of drawings and the letters as well as the unsigned portrait, promising Bradford that they would be returned to the studio in time. The old valet was vigilant in the guardianship of his late master’s home and unhappy that the contents of the studio in particular were being disturbed. Rowland tried to explain.

“Finding Otis Norcross is my only hope of honouring Danny’s wishes.” Rowland broached the bequest made in favour of Bradford himself. “You know that Danny left you a considerable sum, Mr. Bradford?”

“I do, sir. And when I can hand his home to his heir, I will retire. But until then, I have my duty.”

“Thank you, Mr. Bradford. And thank you again for your intervention in aid of Mr. Watson Jones. I am in your debt.”

Bradford studied him, as if he were still deciding. “In the last months, Mr. Cartwright was not himself. He trusted no one, not even me. You be careful, Mr. Sinclair.”

Rowland’s painting and Clyde’s were still wet, and so, with Bradford’s indulgence, they left them in the studio.

Clyde rang the NYPD and informed Officer O’Hara that they intended to leave town. He left the details of the Copley Plaza Hotel. O’Hara informed him that Costello and Brown had not yet been apprehended, but that he would be in touch if and when progress was made.

All in all they were a little glad to leave New York behind them.

When they arrived at the Copley, Rowland enquired about Molly Cartwright at the reception. The concierge patched a call to her suite and informed him that Miss Cartwright was out.

Leaving Edna to take a still battle-weary Clyde up to their own suites, Rowland and Milton left for the offices of Burr, Mayfair and Wilkes. Oliver Burr welcomed them straight into his office and apprised Rowland of the latest legal machinations in the dispute over Daniel Cartwright’s estate, as well as the search for Norcross.

“We’ve conducted an extensive search for anyone named Otis Norcross. The Norcrosses are a prominent Boston family, though there are obviously Norcrosses elsewhere. Otis is also a popular name among the Norcrosses, it being the name of their most illustrious ancestor, who was once mayor of Boston. Some of the Otis Norcrosses are numbers I, II, and so forth, but Mr.

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