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V. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

           

           “Suppose,MissFarquhar,thatyourecounttomethewholestory?”

           “Verywell.Asyouknow,theBankwishedtoextendtheircreditsinAmerica,andforthispurposedecidedtosendoveramilliondollarsinLibertyBonds.Mr.Vavasourselectedhisnephew,whohadoccupiedapositionoftrustintheBankformanyyearsandwhowasconversantwithallthedetailsoftheBank’sdealingsinNewYork,tomakethetrip.TheOlympiasailedfromLiverpoolonthe23rd,andthebondswerehandedovertoPhiliponthemorningofthatdaybyMr.VavasourandMr.Shaw,thetwojointgeneralmanagersoftheLondonandScottishBank.Theywerecounted,enclosedinapackage,andsealedinhispresence,andhethenlockedthepackageatonceinhisportmanteau.”

           “Aportmanteauwithanordinarylock?”

           “No,Mr.ShawinsistedonaspeciallockbeingfittedtoitbyHubbs’s.Philip,asIsay,placedthepackageatthebottomofthetrunk.ItwasstolenjustafewhoursbeforereachingNewYork.Arigoroussearchofthewholeshipwasmade,butwithoutresult.Thebondsseemedliterallytohavevanishedintothinair.”

           Poirotmadeagrimace.

           “Buttheydidnotvanishabsolutely,sinceIgatherthattheyweresoldinsmallparcelswithinhalfanhourofthedockingoftheOlympia!Well,undoubtedlythenextthingisformetoseeMr.Ridgeway.”

           “Iwasabouttosuggestthatyoushouldlunchwithmeatthe‘CheshireCheese.’Philipwillbethere.Heismeetingme,butdoesnotyetknowthatIhavebeenconsultingyouonhisbehalf.”

           Weagreedtothissuggestionreadilyenough,anddrovethereinataxi.

           Mr.

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