"But these are not ordinary circumstances.

Forgive me if I speak plainly.

I found you engaged in searching my desk.

The presumption is that you wish to do the same thing to Mr.Barnes'." "And if I do, sir!" she demanded, "what concern is it of yours?
How do you know that I have not permission to visit his rooms--that he did not himself give me this key ?" She held it out before him.

He glanced at it and back into her face.
"The supposition," he said, "does not commend itself to me." "Why not ?" He looked at the clock.
"You see," he declared, "that it is within a few minutes of midnight.