Mrs. Crawford looked startled and annoyed.
“Couldn’t you tell him the provisions of it?” she said.
“Yes, but I should like to show him the document.”
She turned and went upstairs. She was absent at least ten minutes. When she returned she was empty-handed.
“I am sorry to say,” she remarked, with a forced laugh, “that I have laid away the will so carefully that I can’t find it.”
Ashcroft fixed a searching look upon her, that evidently annoyed her.
“I may be able to find it to-morrow,” she resumed.
“I think you told me, Paul,” said Ashcroft, turning to Dr. Crawford, “that by the will your estate is divided equally between Carl and Mrs. Crawford.”
“Yes.”
“And nothing is said of any guardianship on the part of Mrs. Crawford?”