midnight
It was very short and plain . He left all his real estate and personal property to his three dear cousins , Odalite , Wynnette and Elva , daughters of his dear relative , Abel Force , of Mondreer , share and share alike , subject only to some trifling legacies to old servants and to a bequest of ten thousand dollars to his dear friend Roland Bayard , of Forest Rest ; and he constituted Abel Force and Roland Bayard joint executors . Next he wrote farewell letters to his friends and relatives . All this work kept him up long after midnight . When it was finished , he gathered all the documents together and took them with him up to his bedroom , and locked them in the upper drawers of his bureau . Finally , with the guiltiest conscience , the darkest spirit and the heaviest heart that he had ever experienced in his young life , he laid himself down on his bed . He could not sleep , and he dared not pray .