nine o'clock
`` He never spoke to you about another will , -- a further will , that should again bestow the estate on your cousin ? '' `` No , '' said Cousin Henry , with the perspiration still on his brow . Now it seemed to Mr Apjohn certain that , had the old man made such a change in his purpose , he would have informed his nephew of the fact . Looking for the Will The search was carried on up to nine o'clock that evening , and then Mr Apjohn returned to Carmarthen , explaining that he would send out two men to continue the work on the Tuesday , and that he would come out again on the Wednesday to read whatever might then be regarded as the old Squire 's will , -- the last prepared document if it could be found , and the former one should the search have been unsuccessful . `` Of course , '' said he , in the presence of the two cousins , `` my reading the document will give it no force . Of those found , the last in date will be good -- until one later be found . It will be well , however , that some steps should be taken , and nothing can be done till the will has been read . ''