I had bribed Scoby, and he was helping me all he could.

It was for me that he got the key to the suite made." Seeing that the man would not be likely to survive long enough to tell the story as he had begun, Nestor said: "Wouldn't it answer if I asked you questions on the points we are most interested in clearing up?
We can get through quicker that way." Big Bob nodded, and the boy asked: "You saw Don Miguel there ?" "Yes; he was there." "Nod or shake your head if you find your voice failing," advised Lieutenant Gordon, and the big fellow expressed his satisfaction with the arrangement by a look.
"Was Mr.Cameron working at his desk when you left him ?" An emphatic nod.
"Then that clears Don Miguel," said Nestor.

"Who next entered the room ?" Big Bob glanced toward Jim Scoby, still snarling at the group.
"Was Felix with him ?" "Yes; Felix and myself," was the unexpected reply.
"It is a lie!" shouted Scoby.

"I never saw him that night." "You'll see stars in a minute, if you have got a broken leg, if you keep on interrupting!" said the secret service man, and Scoby subsided for the time being.
"Was the door locked when you entered ?" A nod from Big bob.
"And was Mr.Cameron there, sitting with the door locked, still at work at his desk ?" was the next question.
"He was not there.

He had been called away." This was a new feature of the case, for Nestor had not considered Mr.
Cameron's absence from the room as among the possibilities.
"Was he out of the building ?" he asked.
Big Bob shook his head.
"And while he was away you three entered with the false key ?" Another nod.