“Then where did he keep it?”
“In the drawer of his desk over there.”
Gay nodded to the flat-topped desk setting against the wall to the right of the open window, and almost directly behind the corpse.
“You are sure of that statement?”
“Yes, I have seen it there often.”
“Didn’t he keep the desk locked?”
“No. I never knew him to carry a key to the desk.”
“Then Miss Langdon could have got the pistol herself had she chosen?”
“I suppose so.”
“What was the relationship of Redway and Miss Langdon?”