“Yes.”
“Is it all on one page?”
“No. Two.”
“Typewritten, of course?”
“Yes.”
“Are any of the main provisions on page two?”
She frowned. “I don’t — Wait. Yes, I do. Most of the typed matter is on page one. A little on page two, and of course the signatures — my brother’s and the witnesses’.”
“Then it might not have been necessary to attempt the hazardous process of forging signatures. But if you rule out fraud on the part of Prescott, on what ground can you contend—”
“I was coming to it. That’s what I came to tell you. I think it happened like this. Noel did have Prescott draw that will for him, just as it is now, and keep it in his office vault. But at the same time, or rather a little later, perhaps the next day, Noel superseded it by drawing another will, himself, without Prescott’s knowledge, which disposed of his fortune as he did in fact desire to dispose of it. The question is, where is the last will? The only valid one?”
Wolfe grunted. “There seems to be a prior question. Why did your brother have Mr. Prescott draw a will which he intended so promptly to supersede? So much trouble.”