Van Diest looked at the young man with a pitying smile.
"If you wass possessed millions and millions of pounds, my friend, iss it very likely you would trust anyone to look after it?"
"Perhaps not——"
"Very well then."
"Still I'm sure there's something fishy. If I might be allowed to investigate——"
But Van Diest negatived this suggestion very heartily. He argued that persons prying about at this stage of the game would bring suspicions on themselves.
"Mr. Torrington and all those peoples are very happy to believe that
Barraclough hass given us the slip. S'no goot to make them miserable."
"Still if—without attracting attention——"
"You run along and play," said Hipps.
And so the interview ended.