“Then we had better draw out more than eighteen hundred. As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.”
“You forget, Ralston, that such a wholesale draft will raise suspicion at the bank.”
“You’re awfully cautious.”
“I don’t want everything to miscarry through imprudence.”
“Come, it is ten o’clock. Better send Felix to the bank.”
“Better wait a little while. If we drew such a large amount just at the beginning of banking hours, the bank officers might suspect something.”
“Cautious again. Well, wait half an hour, if you must. Call Felix and give him his instructions.”
Felix Gordon came in at this moment, and was admitted to the conference.
“Felix,” said the bookkeeper, “you remember the arrangement I made with you yesterday?”
“Yes, Cousin David.”