John Massingbird's name was mentioned, but only to revoke all former bequests to him." "Then--were John Massingbird alive, he could not now succeed to the estate!" cried Sir Rufus.
"He could not, Sir Rufus," replied the lawyer.

"He would be debarred from all benefit under Mr.Verner's will.

That is, provided we can come across the codicil.

Failing that, he would succeed were he in life, to Verner's Pride." "The codicil _must_ be found," cried Mr.Bitterworth, getting heated.
"Don't say, 'if we can come across it,' Matiss." "Very good, Mr.Bitterworth.

I'm sure I should be glad to see it found.
Where else are we to look ?" Where else, indeed! That Mr.Verner could not get out of the room to hide the codicil was an indisputable fact; and nobody else seemed to know anything whatever about it.