"I don't know, unless he was afraid he wouldn't have enough in the business ac-count to pay off all the accounts. But he had. He didn't leave a ha'penny owing."
"Was business good?"
"Yes; not bad. As good as it ever is in the winter. We do very little National Hunt betting — did, I mean. During the 'flat' it was good enough."
"At the end of the winter would be a lean season with Sorrell, then?"
"Yes."
"And you handed the money to Sorrell — when?"
"Directly I got back from the bank."
"You say you quarrelled with Sorrell about the revolver. Can you prove the revolver was yours?"
"No; how can I? No one knew about it because it was locked up — no one but Bert, I mean. It was loaded, just the way it was when the Armistice came. It wasn't a thing to leave about."
"And what do you suggest that Sorrell wanted it for?"