"What money?" asked Oliver, surprised.
"Your employer writes me that he encloses twenty dollars—the amount due me—and wishes me to send back a receipt by you."
"Well, sir?"
"There is no money in the letter," said the tailor, looking sharply at Oliver.
"I don't understand it at all, sir," said Oliver, disturbed.
"Has the letter gone out of your possession?"
"No, sir. I put it in my pocket and it has remained there."
"How, then, could the money be lost?"
"I think Mr. Bond may have neglected to put it in. Shall I go back and ask him about it?"
Again Mr. Norcross looked in Oliver's face. Certainly there was no guilt expressed there, only concerned surprise.