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Thus to M. Fanferlot's mind, the banker had simply robbed himself, and the innocent cashier was the victim of an odious machination. But this conviction was, at present, of little service to Prosper. Fanferlot, the ambitious, who had determined to obtain renown in his profession, decided to keep his conjectures to himself. "I will let the others go their way, and I'll go mine," he said.
"Well, gentlemen, I will now make up a possible case, and you can see how nearly it compares with the present matter. I will suppose that a man of wealth, refinement, and position, should become cramped for money to supply present necessities; he is intimate with the officers of a wealthy bank; he goes there one evening and is admitted by his friend, the acting cashier.
Customers pressed round her on all sides as she put down the note and peered through the wire network into the interior of the desk. 'Next, please, said the cashier sharply, after a moment. 'My change, demanded Lily. 'You have had it, madam. 'Oh, said Lily, 'I have had it, have I? Now, none of your nonsense, young man! Do you know who I am? I'm Mrs. Albert Shawn. 'Mr.
Callender was much obliged to him for inquiring, and that Miss Callender had diphtheria and was not so well as yesterday. The cashier of the Bank of Manhadoes was not happy that day. He threw himself into his business with an energy that seemed feverish.
But a moment came, when, elbowed by the pressing crowd, he was obliged to come out on the pavement in full view of the window. "Now don't you see I was right!" cried the cashier. "Well," said the amazed Joseph, "I am amazed!" M. Verduret seemed not in the least surprised, but quietly said: "The game needs hunting.
He realized that, if he should read that, it would be all over with his courage; so he leaned over to the old cashier, and said in an undertone: "Sigismond, old friend, will you do me a favor?" "I should think so!" said the worthy man enthusiastically. He was so delighted to hear his friend speak to him in the kindly voice of the old days.
Pale, frowning, and holding the accusing paper in her hand, she angrily inquired: "Do you recognize that?" and placed the receipt which he had signed, before him, as he slowly rose. Serge seized it quickly, and then looking coldly at his mother-in-law, said: "How did this paper come into your hands?" "It has just been brought to my cashier. A hundred thousand francs! Faith! You are going ahead!
If M. Fauvel had looked at the faces of his wife and niece while he harshly blamed the cashier, he would have been puzzled at their strange expressions. All night long Mme. Fauvel suffered the most intolerable agony. She counted each stroke of the town-clock, as the hours dragged on.
The cashier then proceeds to turn a compliment, and to slip in a few politic phrases: "If his Excellency would deign to retain him; if, satisfied with his purely mechanical services, he would," etc.
I waited only for an instant, but the barge and the cow had disappeared under the bows of the steamer before I answered. "Charlie, what do you suppose are Skroelings?" "Never heard of 'em before. They sound like a new kind of seagull. What a chap you are for asking questions!" he replied. "I have to go to the cashier of the Omnibus Company yonder.
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