Maynadier shook his head. "No, I cannot; and neither can I think one of the men guilty. But, since you will do nothing in the matter, why think about it at all? The party breaks in the morning, you will lose no more."
"It is not the loss that bothers me—it is the idea of having entertained a thief."
"Are you quite sure your first count was correct? Might not the money have been abstracted, by the pirate who carried it away? Is not that the normal explanation?"
Marbury was silent.
"Moreover, were the bags tied as you left them?"
"Precisely—at least, I saw no difference."
"And when you detected the loss from the first bag, did not you examine the tying of the other?"
"I did."
"And could you not have noted any difference—and evidence of haste?"
"There was no difference, and no evidence of haste. Everything was exactly as I left it, or it seemed to be."