"I suppose there was, sir."
"To what do you attribute Mr. Boyd's unexpected refusal to lend the money?"
"To Mr. Reginald's visit in the afternoon. It made his father furious."
"Now, as to the object of Mr. Reginald Boyd's visit in the afternoon. Was it to obtain money from his father?"
"That was what my husband believed."
"And was this the object of his second visit late at night?"
"My husband said of course it must be that, but that he wouldn't get a penny out of the old man."
"After your husband's dismissal, are you aware whether he and Mr. Reginald Boyd met?"
"They couldn't have met, sir, or my husband would have told me."
"No doubt you have heard many of the theories that have been advanced to account for his absence from his home?"