“Yes, but——”
“Oh, don’t bother with buts! That makes all the difference in the world.”
“I couldn’t do it without being suspected,” objected Philip, with whom this was the principal consideration.
“Yes, you can. You’ll give the bonds to me, and I will dispose of them. If you could get hold of two hundred-dollar bonds, I would give you the balance, after deducting the amount of my debt.”
“But I am sure to be suspected.”
“Unless you throw the suspicion upon some one else.”
“How can I?”
“There’s your friend, Harry Gilbert——”
“He isn’t my friend.”
“Well, your enemy, then. So much the better. You can say you saw him prowling round the house. If you could get him arrested, it would be a satisfaction, even if he wasn’t convicted.”