"I had occasion to go to the safe again early on the morning of the nineteenth, and I saw at once that the documents in question had been tampered with.

I reported the matter at once to his Grace." The eyes of every one were bent upon the Duke.

He nodded his head slowly.
"Mr.Ducaine," he said, "certainly came to me and made the statement which he has just repeated.

I considered the matter, and I came to the conclusion that he was mistaken.

I was sure of it then.