“What I mean is, since the robbery hasn’t been talked about, nobody is on guard,” she explained. “If any of those relatives did take the money, probably they think the theft hasn’t been discovered yet, or Miss Grant would have called them over to see her. In a way, it’s pretty tricky of her.”
“But, do you know, I can hardly believe any of them stole all that gold,” returned Jane. “Because, what would they do with it? Nobody is supposed to use gold nowadays, and it would arouse all sorts of suspicions.”
“Yes, that’s true. But then, they might want to hoard it, the same as Miss Grant did.”
“A man like Harry Grant wouldn’t want to hoard any! From what I hear of him, he spends money before he even gets it.”
“True. But there are other relatives. And somebody did steal it!”
“Yes, somebody stole it, all right. Only, the fact that a lot of it was gold makes Elsie look guilty. She probably wouldn’t know about the new law.”
Mary Louise frowned: she didn’t like that thought. “Well, I’m not going to suspect Elsie till I’ve investigated everybody else. Every one of those five relations—Mrs. Grant, John Grant, Harry Grant, Mrs. Pearson, and her daughter Corinne!”
“Have you any plan at all?” inquired Jane.
“Yes, I’d like to do a little snooping tonight.”
“Snooping? Where? How?”