Word of the Day: Context

Then, as I was still in earshot something must've sparked in his head. With a raised voice, a lil' on the jokey side: 'Oh, I forgot to say, much of the notebook is blank, but during your great-aunt's last days she wrote on the first couple of dozen pages. She said that whoever should receive the notebook would be in possession of not just a notebook, but a seed, which if watered could grow into a tree or even a forest.'
 
Bemused, I acknowledged his words and absquatulated. By now it were gettin' late and 'cos my mind were on the oof, I didn't give the notebook much thought as I walked the chalk down the road. I held the box under my arm, secure like and headed back the way I'd come. I didn't know Boston too well, but did at least know where the tenderloin was at, and it were callin' time.
 
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JTrades said:
Then, as I was still in earshot something must've sparked in his head. With a raised voice, a lil' on the jokey side: 'Oh, I forgot to say, much of the notebook is blank, but during your great-aunt's last days she wrote on the first couple of dozen pages. She said that whoever should receive the notebook would be in possession of not just a notebook, but a seed, which if watered could grow into a tree or even a forest.'
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Thank you for the whole story.
If you want to check if this seed would grow to a tree or a forest,
then let me know, as I'd like to do the experiment.

Said in passing : why did she leave all to charitable trusts and just the minimum to yourself,
and still asked you to come around?
Inheritances : when significant money is involved, family members can become very much divided, full of duplicity and manipulations. So these are often tricky.
 
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