And, to Sylvia's confusion and distress, they all then proceeded to the
bed-room where she had last seen her friend, and there Monsieur Malfait
broke the locks of Anna Wolsky's two large trunks.
But the contents of Anna's trunks taught them nothing. They were only the
kind of objects and clothes that a woman who travelled about the world a
great deal would naturally take with her. Everything, however, was taken
out, turned over, and looked at.
"If your friend possessed a passport," said the police official in a
dissatisfied tone, "she has evidently taken it with her. There is nothing
of any consequence at all in those boxes. We had better shut them up
again, and leave them."
But when they came down again into the hall, he suddenly asked Monsieur
Malfait, "Well, where is the letter?" He had evidently forgotten Madame
Malfait's involved explanation.
"I will send you the letter to-morrow," said Monsieur Malfait smoothly.
"The truth is, we handed it to a lady who was also a friend of Madame
Wolsky, and she evidently forgot to give it back to us. We will find out
whether she has kept it.
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