title: 100 Words per Minute: Tales from Behind Law Office Doors
author: Adina Sara
description: An extraordinary work indeed - a rare look inside the human heart of unrecognized labor . . . --Josephy Matthews, author of The Lawyer Who Blew Up His Desk<br /><br />There's plenty here for anyone who's ever found themselves behind a desk, wondering how they got there. --Lisa Simpson, Litigation Secretary<br /><br />She touches the spirit of workers everywhere. These are from a heart who has been there. --Brenda Davidson-Shaddox, Editor, Entre Nous
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  The Chief Legatee
  
  
  [PART I. A Woman of
  Mystery](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos10115)
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER I. A BRIDE OF FIVE
  HOURS](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos10250)  
    
  [CHAPTER II. THE LADY IN NUMBER
  THREE](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos29812)  
    
  [CHAPTER III. “HE KNOWS THE
  WORD”](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos37831)  
    
  [CHAPTER IV. MR. RANSOM
  WAITS](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos51894)  
    
  [CHAPTER V. IN CORRIDOR AND IN
  ROOM](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos60832)  
    
  [CHAPTER VI. THE LAWYER](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos80194)  
    
  [CHAPTER VII. RAIN](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos87398)  
    
  [CHAPTER VIII. ELIMINATION](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos97027)  
    
  [CHAPTER IX. HUNTER'S INN](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_002.html#filepos109309)
  
  
  [PART II. The Call of the
  Waterfall](The%20Chief%20Legatee_split_003.html#filepo