'It is a serious sum.

The first thing to be done is to survey the scene of crime.

Wait, I will send with you a knowing man.' He called one of the soldiers, who stepped forward and saluted, and gave him charge of the affair.
'You can place confidence in him.

He knows his business,' he assured me, bowing with extreme politeness, as we took our leave.
With the soldier who had been assigned to us we sauntered back to the hotel.

The man abounded in compassion for me.