“It is very strange,” said Mrs. Estabrook, half to herself.
“What is strange?”
“I always kept the bonds in the right-hand corner of this drawer.”
“And you can't find them?”
“I have looked all over the drawer.”
“You may have put them, by mistake, in one of the other drawers.”
“Heaven grant it!” said Mrs. Estabrook, her face white with anxiety.
“Let me help you, mother,” said Willis, rising.
She did not object, for her hands trembled with nervousness.
The other drawers were opened and were thoroughly searched, but, of course, the bonds were not found.