"My uncle told me the will would be found in his desk.

And the desk has not been opened since his death." "Could Mr.Verner himself have changed its place to somewhere else ?" asked the lawyer, speaking with more than usual quickness, and turning over the papers with great rapidity.
"Not after he told me where the will was.

He did not touch the desk after that.

It was but just before his death.

So far as I know, he had not had his desk brought out of the closet for days." "Yes, he had," said the lawyer.