"You might inform the police."
"But if he has already left the city, I am afraid it wouldn't do much good."
"Did he take all you had?" inquired the clerk, with the sudden thought that in that case Scott would be unable to pay his hotel bill.
"No; I divided my money into two parts. He only took half."
"That was lucky," said the clerk, relieved. "Perhaps he hasn't left the city yet," he added, after a pause.
"But he was going for an early train, you told me."
"That is what he said. He might wait till after ten o'clock to change the notes. Have you the number of them?"
"No, or—yes, I can tell what they would be from those I have left. Probably they would come directly before or directly after those."
"Then you stand a chance to recover them, or at any rate to have him arrested. It is too early to do anything yet. You had better eat breakfast, and then go down to Wall Street. That is where the brokers have their offices, and you may meet him there."