“Would your company be willing to make some concessions in order to get back approximately twenty thousand dollars of the embezzled money?”
“I feel that my company would naturally like to have the spending of its own money,” Dail said. “I feel quite certain that we would be willing to make some substantial concessions.”
“How substantial?” Mason asked.
“What do you want?”
“For one thing,” Mason said, “I want it definitely understood that no attempt whatever will be made to arrest Moar until he has surrendered of his own accord. That he will be permitted to plead guilty under any name he may choose, and be sentenced under that name.”
“Do I understand,” Dail asked, “that you want us to guarantee we won’t take any steps to apprehend Moar merely on your suggestion that the money may be paid?”
Mason shook his head. “You’d have my word in return for yours. I’d have approximately twenty thousand dollars paid into my bank. When that money was in my hands, I’d ask you to agree to hold off any attempt to apprehend Moar for a definite period, say two weeks.”
“I think that could be arranged,” Dail said, slowly.
“I understand there is as yet no warrant issued for Moar?” Mason asked.
“I’m not qualified to give you a definite answer on that.” Dail replied cautiously.