“Would you have known if he had?”
“I doubt it. If it had been financial, he might have told me, as I frequently had to write letters for him regarding his investments and so forth. But otherwise I am quite sure he would not. Mr. Stanworth was very reticent indeed about his personal affairs.”
“I see. He was comfortably off, wasn’t he?”
“Very. You might call it more than that.”
“Rich, in fact. And how were his investments laid out? Did he, for instance, put most of his money into one concern?”
“You mean, was he in a position to be ruined by the failure of any single business? No, I’m sure he wasn’t. His money was spread over a large number of investments; and to my certain knowledge he still has a very large sum indeed in Government stock.”
“Then we can take it as fairly sure that, whatever caused him to take his life, it was nothing to do with money matters?”
“Yes, I’m quite convinced of that.”
“Then we must look elsewhere. Now, had Mr. Stanworth any relations besides his sister-in-law?”
“Not to my knowledge, and I’ve been with him six years. He had a younger brother, of course, Lady Stanworth’s husband; but I’ve never heard of any others.”