“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?�