The Importance of Wills

Commodore Vanderbilt was a recluse who refused to see any of his children. He felt especially indifferent toward his eight married daughters. His son Cornelius would stop by the house, asking to see his father. When Dr. Lindsley told the Commodore he was well enough to see all of his children, the Commodore responded in a sudden rage: No damn them, they're all bastards but Bill.