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"She's been waiting some little time something, she says, about some papers she has just found belonging to the late Mr. John Mallathorpe." Collingwood, who was standing close to Nesta, caught all the butler said. "Gaukrodger!" he exclaimed, with a quick glance at Eldrick. "That was the name of the manager a witness. See the woman at once," he whispered to Nesta. "Bring Mrs.
The steeple-jack was just coming down, and his mate was waiting for him at the bottom. Gaukrodger turned back to the private office and called Mr. Mallathorpe out. All three of 'em, Mallathorpe, Gaukrodger, Marshall, went out and walked across the yard to the chimney foot. They stood there talking a bit and then down it came!" Collingwood thought matters over.
John Mallathorpe's private office, ye'll understand, sir, opened out of our counting-house as it does still the present manager, Mr. Horsfall, has it, just as it was. Well, now, on one occasion, when I went in there, to take a ledger back to the safe, Mr. Mallathorpe had his manager and cashier, Gaukrodger and Marshall in with him. Mr.
John Mallathorpe? How where did you get them?" Mrs. Gaukrodger drew a large envelope from under her cloak. "This, miss," she answered. "One paper I only found it this morning. In this way," she went on, addressing herself to Nesta. "When my husband was killed, along with Mr. John Mallathorpe, they, of course, brought home the clothes he was wearing.
Mallathorpe, he always used a stand-up desk to write at never wrote sitting down, though he had a big desk in the middle of the room that he used to sit at to look over accounts or talk to people. Now when I went in, he and Gaukrodger and Marshall were all at this stand-up desk in the window-place and they were signing some papers.
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