“I am not ready yet to say just what my little strong box did contain. If the knowledge becomes necessary, we will make use of it. '”
Rather odd, that.”
“Yes. Gregory is a queer fish, but a very good fellow.”
“He is rich?”
“Very. A million or two.”
“He described the casket?”
“He did better, for I have a photograph of it.”
“Indeed!”
“Yes. He thought that some such necessity as this one might arise, and he had the casket photographed a year or two ago.”
“Did you ask him how long the casket had been in his possession?”