Since, however, the will was ten years old, this was impossible.

But if clause two could not have been devised to fit the disappearance, could the disappearance have been devised to fit clause two?
That was by no means impossible: under the circumstances it looked rather probable.

And if it had been so contrived, who was the agent in that contrivance?
Hurst stood to benefit, but there was no evidence that he even knew the contents of the will.

There remained only Mr.Jellicoe, who had certainly connived at the misdrawing of the will for some purpose of his own--some dishonest purpose.
"The evidence of the will, then, pointed to Mr.Jellicoe as the agent in the disappearance, and, after reading it, I definitely suspected him of the crime.
"Suspicion, however, is one thing and proof is another.

I had not nearly enough evidence to justify me in laying an information, and I could not approach the Museum officials without making a definite accusation.