“Your safe?” asked the man frowningly.
Larose shook his head. “No, someone else’s whom I know quite well, and so there’ll be no pinching anything. I just want to find out if this man’s got some papers which he won’t tell me about. Nothing will be touched. One look to see if the papers are there and that will be all.”
The man whistled in surprise. “Whew, you want me to break in somewhere?”
“Not at all,” laughed Larose. “The man will be away, the hall door will be open and the servants won’t hear a sound. Still, if they did I could easily square them.” He spoke emphatically. “Any trouble and I’ll take all the blame. We’ll go into the house together to do the job.”
“When do you want me?” asked the man.
“Now, straightaway. It’s in the country and a good way from Town. If we start at once
