"This afternoon, sir, I took some money from Mr. Wilkins to deposit in the bank."
"Well? come, be quick."
"I put it, as I thought, safely in this pocket; I went from here straight to the bank. I don't know how it happened, I'm sure I can't imagine," said Arthur, growing confused, with those stern, strong eyes staring straight into
his, "but when I got to the bank I found, sir, I had lost it."
"The devil you did!"
"I am sorry to say it, it is true."
"And what were you doing, on your way to the bank, that you hadn't an eye on that money, I'd like to know?"
"The money I supposed was safe, sir, and I walked straight along without thinking about it, till I reached the bank."
"A likely story that! Who did you talk to, or see, on your way? any of your companions?"
"I saw only one person, sir, whom I knew at all; one whom I have not seen before for several weeks."