“Good!” he cried. “Excellent, Miss Daring. That is exactly the kind of information I have been seeking—something that will disprove the evidence. But are you sure of your statement?”
“I have seen the genuine box,” said Phoebe quietly.
“Since it was stolen?”
“Yes.”
He sat down again and glanced into her face curiously.
“Yet you do not care to say where you have seen it?” he asked in a hesitating voice.
“No, sir.”
Mr. Holbrook drew a long sigh, as of relief.
“You are quite right to keep the secret,” he asserted firmly. Then, after a moment, he added in a low tone: “Has she told you everything, then?”