"What then ?" "Harborough was at the counter when Kitely took his money," answered the bank-manager.

"He had called in to change a five-pound note." The two men looked at each other in silence for a time.

Then the bank-manager shook his head again.
"You wouldn't think that a man who has a five-pound note of his own to change would be likely, to murder another man for what he could get," he went on.

"But Kitely had a nice bit of money to carry away, and he wore a very valuable gold watch and chain, which he was rather fond of showing in the town, and----eh ?" "It's a suspicious business," said Mallalieu.

"You say Harborough saw Kitely take his money ?" "Couldn't fail," replied the bank-manager.