“‘I remembered hearing of his case, for it was one which had made an immense sensation throughout the country some time before my own arrest. He was a man of good family and of great ability, but of incurably vicious habits, who had by an ingenious system of fraud obtained huge sums of money from the leading London merchants.
“‘“Ha, ha! You remember my case!” said he proudly.
“‘“Very well, indeed.”
“‘“Then maybe you remember something queer about it?”
“‘“What was that, then?”
“‘“I’d had nearly a quarter of a million, hadn’t I?”
“‘“So it was said.”
“‘“But none was recovered, eh?”
“‘“No.”
“‘“Well, where d’ye suppose the balance is?” he asked.