“As you please.”
“Hatfield has no visible means of support; always pays with greenbacks and new ones—by the way, is there any suspicion of counterfeiting?”
“No.”
“Then he gets his greenbacks from a bank.”
“Probably.”
“He keeps an account and gets his own checks cashed; he is a gambler, but he doesn't get all his money in that way, or he would not be so particular about keeping the place of his account a secret.”
“Right. Go on.”
“It follows that he's engaged in some crooked work.”
“Very likely.”
“Which accounts for his frequent disappearances.”