“Who examined the articles and investigated the case?” asked Nick.
“Doctor Lyons, my physician, who is also the coroner.”
“A capable man,” Nick nodded. “I am acquainted with him. What is his opinion?”
“He thinks it a case of suicide. He could find no evidence of anything else, and is very positive in his opinion.”
“Had your husband any money, jewelry, or——”
“He left those in the bedroom, his watch, diamonds, and pocketbook, also his ring of keys,” Mrs. Darling interposed. “Only one key was missing from the ring.”
“Which one?”
“The key to the boathouse.”
Nick did not reply for a few moments. He sat gazing thoughtfully at a figure in the heavy carpet. Superficially viewed, the circumstances stated seemed to admit of only one reasonable theory—that Mr. Cyrus Darling had, indeed, deliberately ended his own life.
“The funeral and burial were last Thursday,” Mrs. Darling added, during the brief silence on Nick’s part. “Doctor Lyons did not think the case called for any investigations beyond those he personally made, nor did I at that time. He——”