"Yes. I made it out when Mr. Darwin was married."
"Do you know whether Mr. Darwin keeps any of his valuable papers in that safe?"
"I am sure he keeps nothing of value in it. His papers are in his vault at the bank."
"Have you none, then?"
The lawyer shook his head and replaced his eyeglass with great deliberation. "Two nights ago Mr. Darwin removed the last of his securities from my office," he said with evident difficulty.
"The last of his securities? Do you mean that he had been gradually removing them from your care?"
This time the lawyer nodded.
"For what purpose?" asked the coroner.
"I do not know," was the candid answer. "He was rather secretive. I surmised he needed them in his dealings in Wall Street."
"He did not actually say so?"