"Well it do seem a scandalous thing, certainly, but what Mr. Cater said was right. He do take the personal property, subjick to debts, an' he do take the freehold prim'ses. An' he is the 'xecutor."
"Was the will witnessed?"
"Yes—two waterside chaps well know'd there-abouts."
"Was it made by a lawyer?"
"No—all in the lamented corpse's 'andwritin'."
"Umph!" Flint maintained his hard stare in Greer's face. "Anything else?"
"Well, no, Mr. Flint, sir, p'raps not. But I wonder if there might be sich a thing as a codicil?"
"Is there?"
"Oh, I was a-wonderin', that's all. It might make a deal o' difference in the will, mightn't it? And p'raps Mr. Cater mightn't know anythink about the codicil."
"What do you mean? Is there a codicil?"