"Were they in the cabinet?"
"He removed them."
"After I went to bed?"
"I believe so."
"It seems then that I am indebted to you for foiling my little scheme."
Kirby looked dangerous, and Dean was alive to the peril incurred, but he was obliged in the interests of truth to answer in the affirmative.
Here Dan appeared at the door.
"Come in, Kirby," he said. "Supper's ready."
"I am ready for it. I am about famished. Come in, boy."