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Perhaps I put it badly (I'm not an english speaker).Elaine's request seemed quite sudden and unjustified.
What's the point of Mc promising to leave her something that isn't necessarily his?
we don't know exactly Elaine's conditions, we know that they concern the house and MC, and Elaine told us that to carry them out would mean to ruin the relationship with MC, to make him hate her.
but if she were to do something negative or cut off relations with mc, how could she expect him to leave her the house? it's a promise made at dinner, it has no value, not even moral.
It's such an absurd request that it could really be a genuine desire expressed in confidence.
What I mean to say is, considering if Elaine condition is to cut any relation with the MC:
Elaine breaks contact with MC = She receives her share of the money and probably the house.
Elaine keeps contacting MC = She doesn't fulfil her will condition and loses the house as well as her share of the money.
So Elaine asks MC to let her keep the house in case he receives it on the final will reading, with the purpose of avoiding to fulfill her own condition of the will.
If MC say yes = she doesn't attempt to fulfill her condition.
If MC says no = she's forced to fulfill her condition and cut her relationship with the MC.
At least that's how I understand it.
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