"Do you know if Mr. Grent had any enemies?" he asked the secretary.
"So far as I know he had not one," replied Vass promptly. "Mr. Grent was singularly popular."
"When did you see him last?"
"On Friday at four o'clock. He then said good-bye to me as he was going to Italy the next day for four months. That was the reason; no one was alarmed at his absence."
"Probably, so far as the bank was concerned," replied Torry thoughtfully, "but in his own house?"
"Oh, I can explain that," said Vass, easily.
"Mr. Grent had chambers in town. Probably he took leave of his wife on Friday, and purposed to stay at his chambers until he left for the South. I dare say Donna Inez thinks that her husband is in Milan by now."
"Where are these chambers?"
"In Duke-street, St. James's, Mr. Grent lived there by himself, so there is no one likely to be alarmed at his absence."
"Had he not a valet?"