Now the envelope contained no more than twenty bills.
“I have been robbed of one hundred thousand francs,” concluded Mr. Frasne.
“How do you account for the fact that the thief did not take everything?” objected the commissioner. “As a rule, they don’t voluntarily limit their profits.”
“I’ll explain that to the public prosecutor, to whom I shall carry my complaint at once.”
“That’s for you to say. You suspect some one, then?”
“Yes.”
“Your servants?”
“No. They would not have been in here. And, besides, they would not have known how to make out the combination.”
“Good. I’ll go and draw up my report.”
“Come with me to the court-house. It’s only a step.”