"Give my love to the dear young lady," he said with his customary impudence; "and tell her we are one degree nearer to finding the thief." Moody looked at him, doubting whether he was in jest or in earnest.
"Must I squeeze a little more information into that thick head of yours ?" asked Sharon.

With this question he produced a weekly newspaper, and pointed to a paragraph which reported, among the items of sporting news, Hardyman's recent visit to a sale of horses at a town in the north of France.

"We know he didn't pay the bank-note in to his account," Sharon remarked.

"What else did he do with it?
Took it to pay for the horses that he bought in France! Do you see your way a little plainer now?
Very good.

Let's try next if your money holds out.