“Why, certainly, Carter, if you put it in that way,” said he. “I will discharge Miss Braddon the moment she returns.”
“Very good.”
“But I fail to see——”
“You will see at the proper time, Gilsey, take my word for that,” interrupted Nick. “Now, there is one more thing.”
“Well?”
“Write Nathan Godard at once, and instruct him to withdraw his deposit. Give him no reason, mind you, but insist upon his closing his account here.”
“Well, well, this is a curious proceeding——”
“He’ll not think so, Gilsey,” Nick again interrupted significantly. “He’ll comply without an objection, take my word for that. Look to it, Gilsey, and leave all the rest to me. I’ll turn a trick for you of some importance, old chap, before this case ends. But no more on that subject just now. I must be off at once.”
Leaving the banker to stare and wonder, Nick hastened from the building and headed for home.
“Nathan Godard, eh?” he grimly soliloquized, as he walked briskly away. “Uncle to Belle Braddon, eh? And she has been hand and glove with Kendall, eh?