As soon as he reached town he called at the law offices of Irwin,
Foster & Warren. The member of the firm he wanted to see was in.
"I've been to Golden, Mr. Foster," he said, when he was alone with that gentleman. "Now I want to ask you a question."
The lawyer looked at him, smiling warily. Both of the James
Cunninghams had been clients of his.
"I make my living giving legal advice," he said.
"I don't want legal advice just now," Kirby answered. "I want to ask you if you know whether my uncle knew that James and Miss Harriman were married."
Foster looked out of the window and drummed with his finger-tips on the desk. "Yes," he said at last.
"He knew?"
"Yes."
"Do you know when he found out?"
"I can answer that, too. He found out on the evening of the twenty-first—two days before his death. I told him—after dinner at the City Club."