But look at the contents of the drawer again.’ Clarke saw stationery, a second chequebook, correspondence, various paper clips and bulldog clips and even a bottle of Tippex. ‘What is it I’m not seeing?’ ‘Something that isn’t there. I’m guessing he was the tidy sort, and that the chequebook he’d taken out of the drawer usually sat on top of the other one.’ Ogilvie traced a finger over an empty section of the drawer. ‘But what was it that used to be in this space here?’ ‘Stuff could have shifted around when the SOCOs pulled it open.’ ‘Except they tell me they used extreme care.’ ‘You’re saying the intruder took something?’ ‘Desk drawer was open a couple of inches. I doubt that would have been comfortable for anyone sitting there trying to do some work.’ ‘True,’ Clarke said. ‘So either the intruder took it, or Lord Minton had opened it himself and was taking something out when he heard a noise.’ Clarke was peering more closely at the photo. ‘Couldn’t just have been the other chequebook?’ ‘No way of telling for sure.’ ‘Did Jean Marischal ever see the drawer when it was open?
