“Take a seat, Mr. Ford,” said Mr. Reynolds, gravely. “Your stepmother tells me that she has lost some government bonds?”
“All I had in the world,” moaned the housekeeper.
“Yes, sir; I regret to say that she has been robbed.”
“I learn, moreover, that a part of the bonds were brought to my office for sale to-day?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And by Grant Thornton?”
“He can answer that question for himself, sir. He is present.”
“It is true,” said Grant, quietly.
“Did you ask him where the bonds came from?”
“He volunteered the information. He said they were intrusted to him for sale by a friend.”