"Be up to-day, I s'pose, won't you?" added the merchant, putting his head into the room after he had gone out.
"Shall try to do so, sir."
"Sure you know nothing of that other scamp?"
"As I told you, sir, he was masked closely, and—"
The door closed without giving him time to finish the sentence; a fact, which Guly was not sorry for.
Mr. Delancey ordered the store to be kept closed until things could be put in proper order; gave Wilkins orders to purchase and replace, as far as possible, the stolen goods, then stepped into his carriage, and drove home to breakfast.
The merchant's commands were always promptly obeyed. The officer came to converse with Guly—the broken shutter and window-pane were mended or replaced—new goods wore purchased, and put in place of the old ones, and by afternoon no one would have suspected that a robbery had
been committed at No. — Chartres-street.