“He seems to me to have a very frank, attractive face.”
“As you read it,” said his wife, contemptuously. “Well, this paragon of yours has lost his place.”
“He has?” inquired Mr. Briggs, in evident surprise.
“Yes, he has, and I am not surprised to hear it.”
“Do you know why he was discharged?”
“He was detected in theft—stealing a large sum of money!” answered Mrs. Briggs, triumphantly.
She expected that her husband would be overwhelmed at this disclosure; but he asked quite calmly, “How do you know this? Who is your informant?”
“Randolph.”
“What do you know of this, Randolph?” asked his father.
Randolph gave his father an account of his visit to the office of Mr. Sands, and the information given him there.