“It’s easy enough done, and in that case you will recover your stakes.”
“And still that leaves me just where I started in.”
“Why didn’t you think of that before taking the steps you did last night?”
“You’re mistaken. I’ve done nothing at all in the matter since seeing you.”
“You have not been at the stables since leaving my house yesterday afternoon?”
“I have not.”
“You have authorized some one to go there?”
“I have not.”
Nick reflected a moment before speaking.
“You could have no motive in deceiving me,” he said, at length, “but it’s very singular for all that.”