"I think it was Geoffrey's suggestion at first. I had to go away on private business. I think we arranged the manner of my going together."
"Did any person tell you to take your valises to the yacht club early on Wednesday morning?"
"I think it was Hampstead's idea originally, and I thought it was a good one."
"You wished to go away secretly?"
"Well, we discussed that point. I was going by rail, but Hampstead thought the schooner was best."
"You evidently did everything he told you?"
"Certainly, I did," said Jack, as he smiled across to Geoffrey. "Hampstead has the best head for management I know of."
"Quite so. No doubt about that! Now, since the accident to the boats in the lake some bills were found upon you. Are those your bills?" (producing them).
"Yes, they look like my bills. The seven one-hundred dollars I got myself, and the two for one thousand each I got—" Jack stopped here and looked troubled. He looked across at Geoffrey and remained silent. It came to him for the first time that Hampstead was being charged with something that had gone wrong in the bank about this money.
The magistrate said sharply "I wish to know where you got that money. You will be good enough to answer without delay."