ten o'clock
Now she began to open drawers and untie parcels of papers , but it was some time before she came to what she sought . At length , however , her diligence was rewarded . In the middle of a pile of papers , she found one labeled on the outside : MY WILL . Her heart beat as she opened it , and , though there was no need , for it was now past ten o'clock , and there was not likely to be a caller at that late hour , she looked cautiously about her , and even peered out of the window into the darkness , but could find no one whose observation she might fear . I am not about to recite at length the items in the will , which covered a page of foolscap . It is enough to quote two items , which Mrs. Preston read with anger and dissatisfaction . They are as follows : `` Item .