Passage Summary: A woman left her estate to her grandson, but the executor had to sell some property to pay off debts. Since she never specifically said she wanted to keep the farm, the solicitor thinks she wouldn't have cared if it was sold.

Conclusion: It is improbable that Loux would have minded the executor selling Stoke Farm instead of passing it to her grandson.

Reasoning: Loux never explicitly stated a preference for keeping the farm, and the estate had significant debts that required selling some assets.

Analysis: The solicitor assumes that silence equals indifference, which is a classic logical vulnerability. To weaken this argument, look for an answer that suggests the farm was uniquely important to the family or the grandson's future, even if Loux didn't write it down. Perhaps the grandson's only career path involves farming, or the farm was a multi-generational legacy that she assumed would be protected. If the farm was the crown jewel of the estate, her silence might have been based on the assumption that it was the last thing anyone would sell.