But there might have been money ?" "Oh, yes, there might," said Heyton.
The Inspector walked round the room cautiously, and presently went to the outer door.
"Is this locked, my lord ?" "I don't know," said Heyton; and, as if he had forgotten the Inspector's injunction, he tried the handle of the door before the Inspector could stop him.

"It's locked," said Heyton.
"Tut, tut!" said the Inspector to himself, as if he were much annoyed by something.
"Come on," said Heyton.

"I'll show you the window I found open." He was consumed by a feverish desire to get the Inspector out of the room.
They went down to the lower hall, the white-faced servants staring at them from coigns of vantage; and the Inspector glanced swiftly at the window and then at the hall.
"That's where they got in," he said.

"Nothing easier.

There is no door, I suppose, between the Marquess's room and the window here ?" "No," replied Heyton, moistening his lips as he stood behind the Inspector.
"And you are sure this window was open when you went out this morning, my lord?
What time was that, by the way ?" "A little after six," replied Heyton.