“I admit it sir; but I had nothing to do with it being there.”
“Have you any theory to account for it?”
“Only this, that some one must have carried it to my room and placed it where it was found.”
“Did you question your landlady as to whether she had admitted any one during the morning?”
“Yes, sir. She had not.”
“This is very unfavorable to you.”
“In what way, sir?”
“It makes it probable that you carried in the parcel yourself.”
“That I deny,” said Rodney boldly.
“I expected you to deny it,” said the merchant coldly. “If this cloak were the only one that had been taken I would drop the matter. But this is by no means the case. Mr. Redwood, can you give any idea of the extent to which we have been robbed?”