? ? ? ? "Is it supposed," he asked, "that any one in your employ is responsible for these thefts?"
? ? ? ? "It is."
? ? ? ? "Is any one in particular suspected?"
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "Will you tell me who, that is if you think I ought to know?"
? ? ? ? "Certainly you ought to know, for it is you who are suspected."
? ? ? ? Then Rodney became indignant.
? ? ? ? "I can only deny the charge in the most emphatic terms," he said. "If any one has brought such a charge against me, it is a lie."
? ? ? ? "You can say that to Mr. Redwood, for it is he who accuses you."
? ? ? ? "What does this mean, Mr. Redwood?" demanded Rodney quickly. "What have you seen in me that leads you to accuse me of theft."
? ? ? ? "To tell the truth, Ropes, you are about the last clerk in my room whom I would have suspected. But early this morning this letter was received," and he placed in Rodney's hands the letter given in a preceding chapter.
? ? ? ? Rodney read it through and handed it back scornfully.
? ? ? ? "I should like to see the person who wrote this letter," he said.
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