'Ah!' he said, 'quite right. Stupid of me, to be sure. Wait a minute.'
He seized the cheque and his hat, and went heavily downstairs. When he was at the bottom of the first flight he shouted, 'Back directly,' and so went down the other three flights, and out-of-doors.
My landlady opened the window, and looked out.
'He's gone into the bank, sir,' she said; then ran to the head of the stairs and screamed for somebody to open the door.
'He's coming out of the bank, sir,' said the landlady after an interval of renewed observation. He came upstairs, solidly, and into the room.
'Count that,' he said, and placed a small bag on the table.
I counted the contents of the bag, but my fingers trembled, and I was confused. I made out one hundred and six pounds.
'No,' he said, 'make no mistakes at the bank?
He counted the money rapidly.
'One hundred and five.'