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Chapter 3

           LetitbeobservedthattheBankofEnglandreposesatouchingconfidenceinthehonestyofthepublic.Thereareneitherguardsnorgratingstoprotectitstreasures;gold,silver,banknotesarefreelyexposed,atthemercyofthefirstcomer. AkeenobserverofEnglishcustomsrelatesthat,beinginoneoftheroomsoftheBankoneday,hehadthecuriositytoexamineagoldingotweighingsomesevenoreightpounds. Hetookitup,scrutinisedit,passedittohisneighbour,hetothenextman,andsoonuntiltheingot,goingfromhandtohand,wastransferredtotheendofadarkentry;nordiditreturntoitsplaceforhalfanhour.Meanwhile,thecashierhadnotsomuchasraisedhishead. Butinthepresentinstancethingshadnotgonesosmoothly. Thepackageofnotesnotbeingfoundwhenfiveo’clocksoundedfromtheponderousclockinthe"drawingoffice,"theamountwaspassedtotheaccountofprofitandloss. Assoonastherobberywasdiscovered,pickeddetectiveshastenedofftoLiverpool,Glasgow,Havre,Suez,Brindisi,NewYork,andotherports,inspiredbytheprofferedrewardoftwothousandpounds,andfivepercent. onthesumthatmightberecovered.DetectiveswerealsochargedwithnarrowlywatchingthosewhoarrivedatorleftLondonbyrail,andajudicialexaminationwasatonceenteredupon. 

           Therewererealgroundsforsupposing,astheDailyTelegraphsaid,thatthethiefdidnotbelongtoaprofessionalband. Onthedayoftherobberyawell-dressedgentlemanofpolishedmanners,andwithawell-to-doair,hadbeenobservedgoingtoandfrointhepayingroomwherethecrimewascommitted. Adescriptionofhimwaseasilyprocuredandsenttothedetectives;andsomehopefulspirits,ofwhomRalphwasone,didnotdespairofhisapprehension. 

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