A forged will executed by himself would be sure to be found out--yes, that's it, sure to be found out.

The forgery will be palpable--let it be palpable, and then it will be found out, branded as such, and the original will of 1891, so favourable to the young blackguard's interests, would be held as valid.

Was it devilry or merely additional caution which prompted Murray to pen that forged will so glaringly in Percival's favour?
It is impossible to say.
"Anyhow, it was the cleverest touch in that marvellously devised crime.
To plan that evil deed was great, to execute it was easy enough.

He had several hours' leisure in which to do it.

Then at night it was simplicity itself to slip the document under the dead man's pillow.
Sacrilege causes no shudder to such natures as Murray Brooks.