"Yes, I have. He has threatened me."
"In what form?"
"He endeavoured to extort money."
"By what means?"
Bernard Megger frowned, angrily. His flabby cheeks were twitching significantly.
"The point is," he said sharply, "that he has rifled my safe."
"Did it contain valuables?"
"Certainly."
"Diamonds?"
"It contained valuable papers."