“To-night?” repeated the lawyer, in surprise.
“Yes.”
“I have a key, if the old servant is not still there. But what can be done there to-night?”
“Find the will.”
Smart looked at Nick in astonishment, and then turned to Northrup with a glance that seemed to ask: “Who’s your friend?” Northrup, enjoying the situation, said with a laugh:
“I did not mention Mr. Carter’s full name, I believe, Smart. Mr. Nicholas Carter, I should have said.”
“What, the detective?”
“The same,” said Nick, with a smile.
CHAPTER XXII.
DISCOVERY OF THE WILL.
After Nick had made himself known the lawyer was quite willing to visit the house of Mr. Peters, as the detective suggested, but he admitted that he did not have any confidence that Nick would be able to trace the missing document.