And so, my dear Auntie Sue," Banker Ward wrote, in conclusion, "you may rest in peace, secure in the certainty that my thieving bank clerk is not lurking anywhere in your beautiful Ozarks to pounce down upon you unawares in your little house beside the river.

The man is safely dead.

There is no doubt about it.

I regret, more than I can express, that you have been in any way disturbed by the affair.

Please think no more about it.
"By the way, you made a great impression upon detective Ross.