"Where is he?
Where's our money?
You were interested in the bank! You were one of the owners.
What did you do with our money ?" At first she seemed not to have heard.

Then, a wave of understanding swept over her, and she lifted her hand for silence.
"I have the money," she cried.

"You shall all be paid in full." The crowd moved back, abashed.

A silence, the hush of tense anticipation, fell on them.
"Every dollar will be repaid," she assured them.

"I promise it." Her voice, though softly modulated, had a penetrating quality which carried it to the hearing of those in the office.