I should have felt it my duty to have revealed at once the fact of your deposit.

At the same time, the inquiry comes from an even more important source,--a source which cannot be ignored." Laverick thought for a moment.
"After all, the matter is a very simple one," he declared.

"By four o'clock this afternoon my account shall be within its limits.
You will then automatically restore to me the packet which you hold on my behalf, and the possession of which seems to embarrass you." "If you do not mind," the banker answered, "I should be glad if you would take it with you.

It means, I think, a matter of six or seven thousand pounds added to your overdraft, but as a temporary thing we will pass that." "As you will," Laverick assented carelessly.

"The charge of those documents is a trust with me as well as with yourself.