Ask to examine his father's office

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It's the last place the will was seen, and therefore the first place to begin looking.

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The scene, but of what crime?

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[…] Augustus […] locked himself in his office […] before shooting himself in the chest. The morning after he died, he'd […] boarded his ship.

And the argument at the palace? "I didn't want Mrs. Wyckham to have to clean the room […] so I made him promise to lock the door."

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