"Yes, sir, whenever an opportunity for search was offered."
"Where did you finally find the will?"
"In the safe, in Mr. Mainwaring's private apartments at Fair Oaks."
"On July 7 last?"
"Yes, sir."
"That was the day on which you, acting as Hugh Mainwaring's secretary, had drawn, at his dictation, his last will and testament, was it not?"
"It was."
"Mr. Mainwaring," said the attorney, deliberately, his eye quick to read the faces about him, "is there in your mind any connection between that event and your discovery of this will?"
"Only the most indirect," was the reply, given with equal deliberation. "The fact that Hugh Mainwaring was making final disposition of his property naturally spurred me on to increased action, since, in making final adjustment of his papers, he would be more than likely to destroy the old will. This incentive, together with the fact that opportunity was given me for a more thorough search than I had been able to make prior to that time, combined to bring about the discovery of the will."
"Please state the time and circumstances of your finding it."