“Yes.�
“Did Edythe know that combination?�
“Yes.�
“How is that?�
“How is what?�
“How does it happen that she knew the combination of that private safe, in your sleeping room, where doubtless you kept things of an exceedingly private nature?�
“Oh, as to that, there is nothing so very private in that safe. Edythe knew the combination, because it was only yesterday that I had occasion to send her to the safe for some papers I wanted, and I gave her the combination at that time.�
“Has she never known it before?�
“I don’t think so.�
“What sort of locks are on the doors of that vault you have partly described, at Pleasantglades?�