It would be best out of the way.

That, if found out, would make me amenable to the law, and I must run no risk.

In this secret recess it will never be found.

I will replace it, and the document which I have had prepared will take its place, and no one will be the wiser." On the day after the funeral, the family solicitor and a few intimate friends, who had been invited by Mr.Manning, assembled in the drawing room of the mansion to hear the will read.
Mr.Manning himself notified Frank of the gathering and its object.
He found our hero lying on the bed in his chamber, sad and depressed.
"I don't like to intrude upon your grief, my dear boy," said his stepfather, softly, "but it is necessary.

The last will of your dear mother and my beloved wife is about to be read, and your presence is necessary." "Couldn't it be put off ?" asked Frank, sadly.