"I have
the words of the servants at the door and of the stenographer that there
were no callers, and the statement of the stenographer that there were
no telephone calls or telegrams. There were only four letters for him
personally. He left them all on his desk--here they are."
Mr. Grimm looked them over leisurely. They were commonplace enough,
containing nothing that might be construed into a reason for the
disappearance.
"The letters Monsieur Boissegur had dictated were laid on his desk by
the stenographer," Monsieur Rigolot rushed on volubly, excitedly. "In
the anxiety and uneasiness following the disappearance they were allowed
to remain there overnight. On Wednesday morning, Monsieur"--and he
hesitated impressively--"_those letters bore his signature in his own
handwriting_!"
Mr. Grimm turned his listless eyes full upon Monsieur Rigolot's
perturbed face for one scant instant.
"No doubt of it being his signature?" he queried.
"_Non, Monsieur, non!_" the secretary exclaimed emphatically. "_Vous
avez_--that is, I have known his signature for years. There is no doubt.
The letters were not of a private nature.
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