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There are assets which will not be available until after death; it is not the assets of the bank, but the assets of individual shareholders and debtors of the bank that have to be collected. I should say it will be at least twenty years before the last dividend will be divided. I am sure Mr. Wanklyn will be happy to let you see any document you desire. I will take you to him." Mr.
"Then I will certainly have it ready for you by to-morrow give me until the afternoon. Will four o'clock suit you?" "Very well. I will, with your permission, bring with me one of the attesting witnesses to my father's signature. He was one of Mr. Brander's clerks at the time." Mr. Wanklyn looked up keenly.
Wanklyn. I have reason to believe there was some irregularity in the matter." "I am afraid it will make but little difference to you whether it was so or not, Mr. Hartington. The creditors of the bank have been the sufferers if there was any irregularity in it." "Yes, I suppose so, and yet I assure you it is not a mere matter of sentiment with me. Other questions might turn upon it."
It seemed a particularly hard case, and I know our Mr. Wanklyn, who had charge of the winding up, took particular interest in it, and personally consulted me more than once about it, though I cannot exactly recall the circumstances now. What is it that you say you want to examine?" "I want to have a look at the deed of mortgage that Mr. Brander, who purchased the property, had upon it."
"You can bring whom you like," he said, after a pause, "and I will put a room at your disposal, but of course the document cannot be taken away." "Certainly not, Mr. Wanklyn, and I am very much obliged to you for granting my request." Cuthbert called for James Harford at the hour at which he had said he went out to lunch, and told him of the appointment he had made.
Wanklyn had a room on the same floor with his principal, and Mr. Cox took Cuthbert and introduced him to him. "Mr. Hartington wants to have a look at the mortgage that Brander held on the late Mr. Hartington's estate. You remember we had several talks about it at the time, and you took a good deal of pains about the matter. Mr.
"Yes, I remember now, that was one of the points on which Mr. Wanklyn consulted me. It struck him at first sight as being rather a remarkable transaction, and he went into it carefully, but it was all proved to be correct to his satisfaction.
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