"It's all right, Lester," he said. "Mr. Grady is quite within his rights. I'll withdraw—until he sends for me."
"You'll have a long wait, then!" retorted Grady, with a sarcastic laugh.
"The longer I wait, the worse it will be for you, Mr. Grady," said
Godfrey quietly, opened the door and closed it behind him.
Grady stared after him for a moment in crimson amazement. Then, mastering himself with an effort, he turned to the coroner.
"All right, Goldberger," he said, and sat down to watch the proceedings.
A very few minutes sufficed for Hughes and Freylinghuisen and I to tell all we knew of this tragedy and of the one which had preceded it. Grady seemed already acquainted with the details of d'Aurelle's death, for he listened without interrupting, only nodding from time to time.
"You've got a list of the servants here, of course, Simmonds," he said, when we had finished the story.
"Yes, sir," and Simmonds handed it to him. "H-m," said Grady, as he glanced it over. "Five of 'em. Know anything about 'em?"
"They've all been with Mr. Vantine a long time, sir," replied
Simmonds. "So far as I've been able to judge, they're all right."
"Which one of 'em found Vantine's body?"