"Will you look and see if it is there now?"
Wondering at his earnestness, Mrs. Rollins opened the bureau drawer.
"It is gone!" she said, with a startled look.
"I think I know where it has gone," said Rupert, his suspicions now become certainties.
"Where?"
"Mrs. Marlow can probably tell you."
"Do you mean that she has taken it, Rupert?" said his mother.
"I have found out that Mrs. Marlow sent the messenger giving you the false report of my accident. You can guess her motive."
"It hardly seems credible."