“Good heavens!” cried Mr. Cornelius. “I wonder! Can it be possible?”
“I shouldn’t wonder. It might,” said Sam. “What?”
“Do you remember my telling you, Mr. Shotter, when you came to me about the lease of the house that a well-known criminal had once lived there?”
“Yes.”
“A man named Finglass. Do you remember Finglass, Wrenn?”
“No; he must have been before my time.”
“How long have you been here?”
“About three years and a half.”
“Ah, then it was before your time. This man robbed the New Asiatic Bank of something like four hundred thousand pounds’ worth of securities. He was never caught, and presumably fled the country. You will find the whole story in my history of Valley Fields. Can it be possible that Finglass hid the bonds in Mon Repos and was unable to get back there and remove them?”