“No, I am the greatest loser.”
“And what do you suppose tempted young Burlein?”
“I do not know. I believed him the soul of honor, and he was a very cautious young man. It was the surprise of my life. He was to have married my daughter.”
“Have you made an investigation of the affairs?”
“No, I have pocketed my loss, as the saying goes.”
“And you have accepted the statement of Fellman?”
“Yes, sir, as Alfred has run away or destroyed himself, I am compelled to accept his statement.”
“Did it ever strike you, sir, that Fellman might be a villain?”
“I know but little about him.”
“And yet you did know young Burlein?”