“No, only in a general way.�
“Mr. Lynne, who has had charge of the keys to the lock on the iron gate, at Pleasantglades? or where were they kept?�
“I always kept them in my own possession—there are three of them, and you use one after another in opening the lock.â€�
“I know. Where are those keys now?�
“I do not know.�
“You don’t know? Why don’t you know?�
“I thought I knew exactly where they were until after you had gone from my house this morning. But when I went to get them, they were not in the place where I keep them. They had disappeared—and there is only one explanation: my daughter must have taken them.â€�
“Again, where did you keep them?�
“In a small safe in my own sleeping room.�
“A combination safe?�