“As much as ten?”
“I don’t know.”
“Of this amount,” Mason asked, “has he ever repaid a dime?”
“I couldn’t tell you.”
Mason gently shook the dice together in his cupped hands. She watched him as if fascinated. He rolled them out with a long, sweeping gesture.
“For Heaven’s sake!” she snapped out. “Stop rolling those dice!”
“What’s the matter?” Perry asked, putting the dice down on the desk. “Don’t you like the bones?”
“No—. Yes,” she said. “Oh, I don’t know, you just make me nervous.”
Mason said, “Now, let me ask you another question. Did you ever hear of the Conway Appliance Company?”
“The name is familiar. Oh, I know. That was the name on the check. Alden gave the check to L. C. Conway.”