three o'clock
`` You are doubtless the heir , and as you are a minor , I am probably your guardian . Should such be the case , I hope that the relations between us may be altogether friendly . '' `` I hope so , '' said Frank , gravely . At three o'clock the members of the family , with a few outside friends , gathered in the drawing room . The family solicitor , Mr , Ferret , held in his hand what purported to be the last will of Mrs. Manning . The widowed husband had directed the lawyer to the bureau of the deceased lady as likely to contain her will . It was found without trouble in the topmost drawer .