With a caution to the lad to keep sealed lips for a day or two Nick dismissed him.
CHAPTER VI.
WHAT THE STRANGE WOMAN SAW FROM ACROSS THE STREET.
The janitor was the next person called and questioned.
“You take charge of the offices every evening to clean them out and lock them up, do you not?” asked Nick.
“I do, sir.”
“What time do you generally begin that work?”
“Usually right after five o’clock, when Mr. Redway leaves.”
“But you did not come to these offices at five o’clock to-day, nor yet as early as half-past five?”
“True, sir. I had been asked to wait till six o’clock.”
“Asked to wait till six? By whom?”