“Yes. It has.”
“In what way?”
She paused, as though uncertain whether or not to tell the truth.
“Because,” she said at last, “because I firmly believe, from facts known to me, that confirmation of the truth of Adams’s charge will be discovered beyond that locked door!”
Chapter Thirty Seven.
Max Barclay is Inquisitive.
“Miss Rolfe has left the firm’s employ, sir.”
“Left—left Cunnington’s?” gasped Max Barclay, staring open-mouthed at Mr Warner, the buyer.