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Explosion

           

           ‘Well!’saidtheexasperatedBounderby,‘whilehewassnoring,orchoking,orDutch-clocking,orsomethingorotherbeingasleepsomefellows,somehow,whetherpreviouslyconcealedinthehouseornotremainstobeseen,gottoyoungTom’ssafe,forcedit,andabstractedthecontents.Beingthendisturbed,theymadeoff;lettingthemselvesoutatthemaindoor,anddouble-lockingitagain(itwasdouble-locked,andthekeyunderMrs.Sparsit’spillow)withafalsekey,whichwaspickedupinthestreetneartheBank,abouttwelveo’clockto-day.Noalarmtakesplace,tillthischap,Bitzer,turnsoutthismorning,andbeginstoopenandpreparetheofficesforbusiness.Then,lookingatTom’ssafe,heseesthedoorajar,andfindsthelockforced,andthemoneygone.’

           ‘WhereisTom,bytheby?’askedHarthouse,glancinground.

           ‘Hehasbeenhelpingthepolice,’saidBounderby,‘andstaysbehindattheBank.IwishthesefellowshadtriedtorobmewhenIwasathistimeoflife.Theywouldhavebeenoutofpocketiftheyhadinvestedeighteenpenceinthejob;Icantell’emthat.’

           ‘Isanybodysuspected?’

           ‘Suspected?Ishouldthinktherewassomebodysuspected.Egod!’saidBounderby,relinquishingMrs.Sparsit’sarmtowipehisheatedhead.‘JosiahBounderbyofCoketownisnottobeplunderedandnobodysuspected.No,thankyou!’

           MightMr.HarthouseinquireWhowassuspected?

           ‘Well,’saidBounderby,stoppingandfacingabouttoconfrontthemall,‘I’lltellyou.

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