“You may be right, sir, but I don’t know where it is.”
“Is there any revolver in the house?” he demanded impatiently. “I should prefer my own, but I will take any.”
“I will look, sir, if you wish me to.”
“Wait a minute. There is something else I must have. Where is that five hundred dollars your husband drew from the bank?”
“I don’t know.”
“Tell the truth, or it will be the worse for you!”
“I am ready to tell the truth, but I don’t know.”
“Where does your husband usually keep any money he may have in the house?”
“In the desk in the next room.”
“Probably he has put the money there. Is the desk locked?”