ting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and He's not robbed at all.'

"After that, Losely became absent in manner, and seemed impatient to get
rid of Mr. Gunston, hinting that he had the labour-book to look over,
and some orders to write out for the bailiff, and that he should start
early the next morning."

Here the Colonel looked up from his MS., and said episodically: "Perhaps
you will fancy that these dialogues are invented by me after the fashion
of the ancient historians? Not so. I give you the report of what passed,
as Gunston repeated it verbatim; and I suspect that his memory was
pretty accurate. Well (here Alban returned to his MS.) Gunston left
Willy, and went into his own study, where he took tea by himself. When
his valet brought it in, he told the man that Mr. Losely was going to
town early the next morning, and ordered the servant to see himself that
coffee was served to Mr. Losely before he went. The servant observed
'that Mr. Losely had seemed much out of sorts lately, and that it was
perhaps some unpleasant affair connected with the gentleman who had come
to see him two days before.' Gunston had not heard of such a visit.

"Losely had not mentioned it. When the servant retired, Gunston,
thinking over Losely's quotation respecting his money, resolved to
ascertain what he had in his bureau. He opened it, examined the drawers,
and found, stowed away in different places at different times, a larger
sum than he had supposed--gold and notes to the amount of L1,975, of
which nearly L300 were in sovereigns. He smoothed the notes carefully;
and, for want of other occupation, and with a view of showing Losely
that he could profit by a hint, he entered the numbers of the notes in
his pocketbook, placed them all together in one drawer with the gold,
relocked his bureau, and went shortly afterwards to bed. The next day
(Losely having gone in the morning) the tradesman came to be paid for
the vinery. Gunston went to his bureau, took out his notes, and found
L250 were gone. He could hardly believe his senses. Had he made a
mistake in counting? No. There was his pocket book, the missing notes
entered duly therein. Then he re-re-counted the sovereigns; 142 were
gone of them--nearly L400 in all thus abstracted. He refused at first to
admit suspicion of Losely; but, on interrogating his servants, the valet
deposed, that he was disturbed about two o'clock in the morning by the
bark of the house-dog, which was