Staying the night at the house, Miss Climpson persuades Miss Booth to send the will by registered post to Norman Urquhart with a covering letter, and volunteers to fill the hot water bottles. Alone in the kitchen she steams open the sealed envelope over a slow kettle, hides the paper knife behind the stove when Miss Booth returns, reads the will in three minutes, and reseals it before calmly making tea.

Her letter to Lord Peter Wimsey, dated January 7th, 1930, sets out the terms. The real estate and 50,000 pounds go to Philip Boyes, with a paragraph forgiving the ill treatment she suffered from his family. The residue goes to Norman Urquhart, sole executor. Miss Climpson plans to stay on in Windle to warn Miss Booth against Mrs. Craig. Wimsey tells Bunter to have Mr. Crofts put off the case, claiming the criminal and the motive, though he admits he still does not know how it was done.

• Miss Booth showing unwelcome signs of independent judgment about keeping the will
• The kettle taking about seven minutes that felt like an hour
• The envelope hidden behind a dish cover with its flap doubled back
• The will’s witnesses, Eva Gubbins, housekeeper, and John Briggs, gardener
• Miss Booth sealing the outer envelope with Mrs. Wrayburn’s private seal