"I think," she replied, "that Mr. Chetwode has something to tell you."
Arnold took the key of the safe from his pocket and turned to the cashier.
"A few days ago, Mr. Jarvis," he said slowly, "Mr. Weatherley placed certain documents in that safe and gave me the key. My instructions from him were to open and examine them with you, if he should be, for any unexplained cause, absent from business."
Mr. Jarvis looked blankly incredulous.
"Goodness gracious!" he murmured weakly. "Why, that looks almost as though he expected something of the sort to happen."
"I think," Arnold continued, "that as it is now past three o'clock, and Mr. Weatherley is still absent, we had better open the safe."
He crossed the room as he spoke, fitted the key in the lock, and swung the door open. Mrs. Weatherley and the cashier looked over his shoulder. There were only the two letters there. One was addressed to Messrs. Turnbull & James, Solicitors; the other jointly to Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Arnold Chetwode.
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