“And have you come to any conclusion?”
“None,” he declared.
“You carried out my instructions with regard to the papers and documents belonging to the estate?”
“Certainly, madam,” he answered. “Within five minutes of receiving your message, they were all locked up in the safe and the key handed to your messenger.”
“You did not go through them yourself?” she asked.
“I did not,” he answered, lying with admirable steadiness. “I scarcely felt that I was entitled to do so.”
“So that you could not tell if any were missing?” she continued.
“I could not,” he admitted.
“Your father never spoke, then, of any connexions with people—outside Thorpe—likely to prove of a dangerous character?”