Kenneth opened the drawer, and turned over the papers in it. “I win,” he said. “Think again.”
“But I know I put it there!” said Antonia, growing rather pale. “Under the used cheques. Leslie, you were here: don't you remember?”
“I remember you oiling it, but I don't think I saw you put it away,” said Leslie. “Try the right-hand drawer, Kenneth.”
“Not there either,” said Kenneth.
“I am utterly positive I put it in the left-hand drawer!” stated Antonia. She got up, and went to the bureau, and turned the contents of the drawer upside down. Then she said in rather a frightened voice: “No, it isn't there. Someone's taken it.”
“You're quite sure you didn't move it later, and forget about it?” Giles asked.
“Yes. It always lives in my bureau. I'll look, but I know I never moved it.”
“I shouldn't bother,” said Kenneth.
Hannasyde said quietly: “Did anyone other than your brother and Miss Rivers know where you kept your pistol, Miss Vereker?”
“Oh yes, lots of people!”