“Then,” continued Ford, “if Grant chances to have a key which will fit the bureau drawer, that would be evidence against him.”
“Show me any keys you may have, Grant,” said the broker.
Grant thrust his hand in his pocket and drew out two keys. He looked at them in astonishment.
“One of them unlocks my valise,” he said. “The other is a strange key. I did not know I had it.”
Ford smiled maliciously. “Let us see if it will open the bureau drawer,” he said.
The party adjourned to the housekeeper's room. The key was put into the lock of the bureau drawer and opened it at once.
“I think there is no more to be said,” said Willis Ford, triumphantly.
Grant looked the picture of surprise and dismay.