Being clever at concealing things, she began by showing it to him.

She rose, took a key from behind a photograph on the mantelpiece, and unlocked the drawer of her writing-table.

The will lay there, folded in a big envelope.
"Here it is," she said.

"Do you wish to look over it again ?" She drew it half out of the cover and held it up before him.

He recognized the document and seemed satisfied.
"Oh! no," he answered.