As noted in Nathan's Infocom bugs list, if you enter the house late enough (sometimes after 11:20, apparently?), Mrs Robner may never make it to the Living Room in time for the reading of the will.
That is of course a bug. I don't know if you can arrange it so that she'll scold you for being late. i wasn't able to when I tried it. But this check in I-WILL-READING is at the very least wrong:
(<G? ,PRESENT-TIME 760>
<TELL
"\"It's late, so let's begin!\" Coates says." CR>)
(,WILL-HOLD
<TELL
"\"Ah!\" Mr. Coates says, \"Everybody's here now.\"" CR>)>
Because earlier it checked this to see if Mr Coates should wait:
As noted in Nathan's Infocom bugs list, if you enter the house late enough (sometimes after 11:20, apparently?), Mrs Robner may never make it to the Living Room in time for the reading of the will.
That is of course a bug. I don't know if you can arrange it so that she'll scold you for being late. i wasn't able to when I tried it. But this check in
I-WILL-READING
is at the very least wrong:Because earlier it checked this to see if Mr Coates should wait:
So
PRESENT-TIME
isn't greater than 760 (12:40), it's equal to 760.Of course, ideally Mrs Robner should never be absent.