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While he made these preparations he had had hosts of ideas as to his operations next morning this idea was supplementary to them. Quickly and methodically he removed the contents of Parrawhite's pockets to his own everything: money, watch and chain, even a ring which the dead man had been evidently vain of.
He closed the door and gave the two men an informing glance. "Parrawhite's body has been found," he said quietly. Eldrick started in his chair, and Collingwood looked a sharp inquiry. "Little doubt about his having been murdered, just as I conjectured," continued Byner.
All his pity was for himself. That he should have been brought into this! that this vile little beast, perfect scum that he was, should have led him to what might be the utter ruin of his career! it was shameful, it was abominable, it was cruel! He felt as if he could cheerfully tear Parrawhite's dead body to pieces.
In order to find out all he could, Pratt asked if he had left much behind him in the way of belongings, and just as he had expected he learned that Parrawhite's personal property was remarkably limited: he possessed only one suit of clothes and not over much besides, said the landlady. "Is there aught wrong?" she asked, when Pratt had finished his questions. "Are you from where he worked?"
No everything was working most admirably Parrawhite's previous bad record, Eldrick's carelessness and his desire to shut things up: it was all good. From that day forward, Parrawhite would be as if he had never been.
Nine o'clock brought the office-boy; a quarter-past nine brought the clerks; at ten o'clock Eldrick walked in. According to custom, Pratt went into Eldrick's room with the letters, and went through them with him. One of them contained a legal document over which the solicitor frowned a little. "Ask Parrawhite's opinion about that," he said presently, indicating a marked paragraph.
Eldrick pricked up his ears at that. He remembered that he had sent Pratt to make inquiry at Parrawhite's lodgings on the morning whereon the money was missing. "What time of the day on the twenty-fourth was that, Mr. Pickard?" he asked. "Evenin', sir," replied the landlord. "They'd nivver seen naught of him since he went out the day before. Oh, he did me, did Parrawhite!
"As near as I can recollect," replied Murgatroyd, "it 'ud be just about half-past eight. I was thinking of closing." "Ah!" said Prydale, with a glance at Byner, who had already told him of Parrawhite's presence at the Green Man on the other side of the town, a good two miles away, at the hour which Murgatroyd mentioned.
"This man Parrawhite was, in a certain sense, mixed up with Pratt at least, Pratt and I are the only two people who know the secret of Parrawhite's disappearance from these offices. That was just about the time of your grandfather's death." Collingwood immediately became attentive.
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