“He seems to be very anxious to get into that closed room, but he’ll not do it till I’ve had a look in there first myself.[{18}]”
“What do you make of this Oscar Gay?” asked the coroner.
“Nothing—yet. We’ll now see what Victor Redway has to say.”
CHAPTER IV.
THE JUNIOR PARTNER’S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
Victor Redway entered the room of death looking pale and worried. He cast a glance at the body of the dead girl, and a perceptible shudder shook his frame.
Nick lost no time in “doing business” with the junior member of the law firm.
“Your name is Victor Redway?” began Nick.
Redway nodded assent.
“The junior member of this law firm?”
“As Mr. Gay informed you, I presume.”