"First of all, none of them saw the jewels put into that drawer; and, secondly, how could they suspect me of hiding them in a place where I had never thought of putting them myself till that moment?
Besides, that one drawer only was broken open--the centre drawer in the left-hand set of drawers.

All the others were untouched, though they were all locked.

No one who had not _seen_ the jewels put in would have found them so easily.

That is the frightful part of it." For a few minutes no one spoke.

At last Marston raised his head from his hands.
"There is no way out of it," he said, very gravely.