'It was done just after Janet's wedding.'
'Were you aware of the contents?'
'Certainly not. Mr. Pennycomequick sent for me to his study, where he was with Dr. Dale. He merely asked me to witness his signature to his will; but he entered into no particulars.'
'You had no reason to believe he intended to constitute Miss Cusworth his heiress?'
'Not the least. I supposed he would leave her something as he had dealt so liberally by my other daughter at her marriage; I neither wished for nor expected more; certainly for nothing which might cause annoyance to the family.'
'He never alluded to his intention?'
'Never. He was a reserved man.'
'And you have no reason to suppose he made another will subsequent to that?'
'I know nothing. I was not called in to witness another.'
'Thank you,' said Philip, rising. 'The mystery is to me as dark now as before, only'—and this he said to himself—'the one explanation I gave at first is, I am now convinced, certainly the wrong one.'