I resolved to be rid of it and cast about for some means of destroying it.

And then, in an evil moment, the idea of utilising it occurred to me.
"There was an undoubted danger that the Court might refuse to presume death after so short an interval; and if the permission should be postponed, the will might never be administered during my lifetime.
Hence, if these bones of Sebek-hotep could be made to simulate the remains of the deceased testator, a definite good would be achieved.

But I knew that the entire skeleton could never be mistaken for his.

The deceased had broken his knee-caps and damaged his ankle, injuries which I assumed would leave some permanent trace.

But if a judicious selection of the bones were deposited in a suitable place, together with some object clearly identifiable as appertaining to the deceased, it seemed to me that the difficulty would be met.