“Nobody. We were alone.”
“Did any one enter while you were talking with him?”
“No, sir. I am sure of that.”
“And you are sure you placed the missing plans in the portfolio before leaving, and that it was not substituted for another before you left?”
“Yes, sir; absolutely sure.”
“How did you go to the station?”
“In a taxicab.”
“Alone?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Very good,” said Nick. “Where did you ride in the train?”