"Is no one with him ?" "There is no need to be anxious on his account," replied Charles.

"I took him up to the smoking-room before I came here, and I turned the key in the door.

The key is here." And he laid it on the table.
Marston sat down again.
"What are your grounds for suspecting Carr ?" he asked.

"Remember, this is a very serious thing, Charles, that you have done in locking him up, if you have not adequate reason for it." "You had better leave Carr alone, Charles," said Ralph, significantly.
"Let him go on," said Sir George.
"I have no proof," continued Charles; "I did not see him take them, but I am as certain of it as if I had seen it with my own eyes.

The jewels could only have been stolen by some one staying in the house.