"Do you sign bills together?"
"Yes."
"As Lopez and Parker?"
"No. I sign them and he signs them. I trade also by myself, and so, I believe, does he."
"One other question, Mr. Lopez. On what income have you paid income-tax for the last three years?"
"On £2000 a-year," said Lopez. This was a direct lie.
"Can you make out any schedule showing your exact assets and liabilities at the present time?"
"Certainly I can."
"Then do so, and send it to me before I go into Herefordshire. My will as it stands at present would not be to your advantage. But I cannot change it till I know more of your circumstances than I do now." And so the interview was over.