two
P.M.
The only attendants at old Mr. Bertram 's funeral were his nephew , Mr. Pritchett , and the Hadley doctor . The other gentlemen were to be present only at the more interesting ceremony of reading the will . Sir Lionel had written to say that he was rather unwell ; that he certainly would come up from Littlebath so as to be present at the latter performance ; but that the very precarious state of his health , and the very inconvenient hours of the trains , unhappily prevented him from paying the other last sad duty to his brother 's remains . Sir Henry Harcourt had plainly demanded at what hour the will would be read ; and Mr. Stickatit , junior -- Mr. George Stickatit -- of the firm of Dry and Stickatit , had promised to be at Hadley punctually at two P.M. And he kept his word . Mr. Pritchett came down by an early train , and , as was fit on such an occasion , was more melancholy than usual . He was very melancholy and very sad , for he felt that that half-million of money was in a great jeopardy ; and , perhaps , even the death of his old friend of forty years ' standing may have had some effect on him . It was a mingled feeling that pervaded him .