? ? ? ? "You don't mean it? Are we suspected?"
? ? ? ? "No one is suspected--yet."
? ? ? ? "But how do you know?"
? ? ? ? "My uncle spoke to me about it this evening--just after supper."
? ? ? ? "He doesn't think you are in it."
? ? ? ? "No."
? ? ? ? "How did he find out?"
? ? ? ? "Through the boss. Goodnow spoke to him about it today."
? ? ? ? "But how should Goodnow know anything about it?"
? ? ? ? "That no one can tell but himself. He asked Uncle James to watch the clerks, and see if he could fasten the theft on any of them."
? ? ? ? "That is pleasant for us. It is well we are informed so that we can be on our guard. I am afraid our game is up."
? ? ? ? "For the present at any rate we must suspend operations. Now, have you some money for me?"
? ? ? ? "Well, a little."
? ? ? ? "A little? Why there are two cloaks and a silk dress pattern to be accounted for."
? ? ? ? "True, but I have to be very careful.
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