“And you?”
“Certainly.”
“Who else?”
“The agent of the building.”
“I mean who else in the office?”
“My assistant—oh, several. Still, I am sure that no one had a key except those whom we could trust.”
“Did Shelby Maddox ever have a key?” cut in Hastings.
The cashier nodded in the negative, for the moment surprised, apparently, at the very idea that Shelby would ever have had interest enough in business to have such a thing.
I saw Burke looking in covert surprise at Hastings as he asked the question. For the moment I wondered why he asked it. Had he really thought that Shelby might have a key? Or was he trying hard to make a case? What was his own connection with the affair? Kennedy had been looking keenly about.
“Is that the safe over there?” he indicated. “I should like to examine it.”