The simplest thing no doubt, would be to refusethe inheritance, which would then go to the poor, and to tell allfriends or acquaintances who had heard of the bequest that the willcontained clauses and conditions impossible to subscribe to, which wouldhave made Jean not inheritor but merely a trustee.
Le plus simple, assurément, serait de refuserl'héritage qui irait alors aux pauvres, et de dire seulement aux amis etconnaissances informés de ce legs que le testament contenait des clauseset conditions inacceptables qui auraient fait de Jean, non pas unhéritier, mais un dépositaire.