Oranmore did not give it a leg to stand on.

The will was forged, it is true, forged in the favour of Percival Brooks and of no one else, forged for him and for his benefit.
Whether he knew and connived at the forgery was never proved or, as far as I know, even hinted, but it was impossible to go against all the evidence, which pointed that, as far as the act itself was concerned, he at least was innocent.

You see, Dr.Mulligan's evidence was not to be shaken.

Mary Sullivan's was equally strong.
"There were two witnesses swearing positively that old Brooks' will was in Mr.Wethered's keeping when that gentleman left the Fitzwilliam mansion at a quarter past four.

At five o'clock in the afternoon the lawyer was found dead in Phoenix Park.