“And where are they now?”
“That is what I want to find out.”
“This is a bold robbery, Mr. Leonard,” said the visitor, with energy. “It looks very much as if the black sheep was in your own store. Is there any one whom you suspect?”
“There is none.”
“Who has access to your safe?”
“Any of my book-keepers. Three or four of them are obliged to enter my office, in my absence, in the regular discharge of their duties.”
“What is the record of these three or four men?”
“The best. They are all steady, quiet business men, married and living moderately. I know them all well.”
“These smooth-watered wells are sometimes very deep,” said Mr. Fitler. “Have you any new hands?”
“Yes. One, whom I took on two weeks ago.”