"I do not think so. I said it was possible," corrected the detective.
"In taking up an affair of this sort one must look at it from all
sides."

"I do not believe my father either killed her or committed suicide,"
answered Margaret Langmore firmly.

"Do you think Mrs. Langmore would act in such a fashion?"

The girl pondered for a moment.

"Honestly I do not. She may have killed my father, but if so she would
have run away."

"The safe was closed at the time of the tragedy?"

"Yes."

"And absolutely nothing was stolen?"

"Nothing, so far as we have been able to ascertain."

"Was anything out of order, as if the assassin had been scared off
while hunting around for something to steal?"

"I did not see anything. But I was so upset I noticed scarcely
anything."

"That was natural, of course. The safe has not yet been opened?"