<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(226, 80, 65)"><b>Gregory Widcombe</b></span><br/><br/>"Why, is my sister leaving you frazzled?  If so, I suggest not taking it personally, Rikkie.  She'll be on everyone's case today."<br/><br/>Greg looked around the room at all the books, then continued.<br/><br/>"I suppose I'll need to take the person who ends up with the house aside and let them know that the books in the library are valuable, in spite of their condition.  We can't have the new owner boxing them up and selling them at a yard sale.  After all, we have a first edition of "A Tale of Two Cities",  signed by Charles Dickens himself.  We also have a first edition of "The Count of Monte Cristo", signed by Dumas himself.  And a first edition of "Les Miserables", signed by Victor Hugo himself.  All of them look in poor condition and might lead the uninformed to decide they need to be thrown away.  But they're all valuable because they are signed first editions.  I'm tempted to smuggle the most valuable ones out of the house and into the back of my bookstore.  But I suspect sis would notice and throw a fit."<br/><br/>"So, have all the people who were invited shown up yet?  I notice Ethan is missing, but that's no surprise.  Dad probably removed him from the will like he did Grace and I.  I'm only around to meet the people that dad preferred over his own children."  Greg lowered his voice a bit and added, "And watch my sister go crazy.  Is that bad of me?"  Greg laughed.<br/><br/>Glancing out the window, he noticed the darkening sky.  "Strange.  The Weather Channel said it was going to be clear skies all day.  So Rikkie, tell me about the guests that have shown up."  Greg was eventually going to the parlor to meet them in person, but he wanted to get an idea of who was there, first.