"What was my surprise and terror to see
Grimes holding the envelope. To me it meant father's exposure as a
forger. I had a revolver in my hand and struck before I thought.
Then I must temporarily have lost my reason. It was only my thought
to save father that lent me courage and strength to thrust Grimes
inside the casket where Babs and I used to hide. I then returned
to my room, and was just coming downstairs again after secreting the
envelope, to release Grimes and get medical assistance if need be,
when Margaret's screams aroused the household."
McIntyre interrupted his daughter with a hasty gesture, and
addressed his wife. "When Detective Ferguson questioned me as to
your reason for being in the library, Margaret, I stated you had
gone down to get a book left lying on the Venetian casket," he
said. "I waited for you to volunteer an explanation of your
presence there, but you never made any."
"I went down to get our marriage certificate." Margaret forgot the
presence of others and spoke only to him, the love-light in her eyes
pleading against the censure she dreaded, as she made her brief
confession.
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