“No, I can’t say that there was.”
“Did any one else call on Tuesday?”
“Yes; Mr. Haywood called, but the colonel did not see him. He was very busy, and—not to speak ill of the dead—quite snappish.”
“Then he refused to see Mr. Haywood?”
“Yes; but the next day Mr. Haywood called again, and this time the colonel saw him. It was when the two young men were there. They were in the parlor, talking with Miss Florence. This was on Wednesday.”
“You know nothing that passed between Colonel Conrad and Mr. Haywood?”
“No; they were in the study, and I went out of doors, in the garden.”
“Do you know anything about the box of gold that Colonel Conrad received on Wednesday?”
“No. He had it taken into his study, and afterward went in himself and locked the door. That is the way he always does.”
“Where does Colonel Conrad keep his gold?”