You may remember, Monsieur, that
Tuesday was cold, but all his top-coats were found in their proper
places. So it seems, Monsieur," and repression ended in a burst of
excitement, "if he left the embassy he did not go out by either door,
and he went without hat or coat!"
He stopped helplessly and his gaze alternated inquiringly between the
benevolent face of the chief and the expressionless countenance of Mr.
Grimm.
"_If_ he left the embassy?" Mr. Grimm repented. "If your search of the
house proved conclusively that he wasn't there, he _did_ leave it,
didn't he?"
Monsieur Rigolot stared at him blankly for a moment, then nodded.
"And there are windows, you know," Mr. Grimm went on, then: "As I
understand it, Monsieur, no one except you and the stenographer saw the
ambassador after ten o'clock in the morning?"
"_Oui, Monsieur. C'est--_" Monsieur Rigolot began excitedly. "I beg
pardon. I believe that is correct."
"You saw him about ten, you say; therefore no one except the
stenographer saw him after ten o'clock?"
"That is also true, as far as I know."
"Any callers? Letters? Telegrams? Telephone messages?"
"I made inquiries in that direction, Monsieur," was the reply.
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