Directly he got back however, he was met with a bombshell that drove any other idea he may have had out of his head.
‘You’ll never guess what we’ve found.’ Jill was nearly beside herself with excitement. ‘We’ve discovered a new will! I was looking for stamps in the study and there it was, stuck in the back of a drawer.’ She waved it around her head as proof.
‘Careful,’ warned Robert cautiously, ‘you might damage it. We’d better contact our solicitor. Let me see … is it properly witnessed?’
Jill perused the document. ‘Yes, it says here, witnessed by Rose Bennet. Why that’s the cook … and who is that?’ She peered more closely at the signature. ‘Looks like James Bites –no Bates, our gardener. Why didn’t we know about this?’
Robert was puzzled. ‘Yes, that sounds odd. I’d better ring Arbuth
