"I had documents to put in the safe." He shot a quick searching glance at me.
"You have been to the safe this morning, then ?" I answered him with a composure at which I inwardly marvelled.
"Certainly! It was the object of my coming here." "You entered the room with the Duke.

Was he in the study at that hour ?" "No, I went upstairs to him.

I had a question to ask." "And you have met Lord Blenavon?
What do you think of him ?" "We were at Magdalen together for a term," I answered.

"He was good enough to remember me." Ray smiled, but he did not speak another word to me all the breakfast-time.

Once I made a remark to him, and his reply was curt, almost rude.