"I would like to ask you a question, Squire Selwyn," said John; "but of course you will not answer it unless you think proper."
"Very properly put. Ask your question, and I will decide as to its fitness."
"It is this: Do you know whether my father made any later will than the one which was found?"
"I have no hesitation in answering your question. He did."
"How long since was it made?"
"Only three months before he died."
"I suppose that it disposed of the property differently?"
"It disposed of it as the law would have done if no will had been made. Your stepmother was to have her thirds; the rest of the property would have gone to you. The matter might have been left to the law but for the existence of the former will, which was in Mrs. Oakley's charge, and which she said that she had mislaid."
"Who would have been my guardian under the last will, Squire Selwyn?"