"So 'elp me gracious! I dink dey vill hav' to pass dot next dividend, Parney, eh?"
"It strikes me that way."
"Vhere vos dot safe?"
"Ah! there's the rub, and that's what I must fully explain."
"Of course."
"Well, you see Marsden and his wife occupy a sleeping-apartment on the second floor. Beyond this sleeping-room is another and smaller apartment, which is used by Marsden as a sort of study and private office, the only means of access to which is through the sleeping-room."
"Und in this inner room vos der safe, eh, Parney?"
"Exactly."
"Then ve hav' to go right py Mr. Marsden's ped, and run der risk uv wakin' him und his vife?"
"Yes."