What do you know about this?"
"Mr. Rae," replied the young man, his voice trembling and husky, "I tell
you I can't understand this. I ought to say that for the last two weeks
I haven't been quite myself, and whiskey always makes me forget. I can
walk around steadily enough, but I don't always know what I am doing--"
"That's so, Sir," said Dunn quickly, "I've seen him."
"--And just what happened with these cheques I do not know. This
cheque," picking up the one endorsed to Potts, "I remember giving to
Potts. The only other cheque I remember is a five-pound one."
"Do you remember cashing that five-pound cheque?" inquired Mr. Rae.
"I carried it about for some days. I remember that, because I once
offered it to Potts in part payment, and he said--" the white face
suddenly flushed a deep red.
"Well, Mr. Allan, what did he say?"
"It doesn't matter," said Cameron.
"It may and it may not," said Mr. Rae sharply. "It is your duty to tell
us."
"Out with it," said his father angrily. "You surely owe it to me, to us
all, to let us have every assistance."
Cameron paid no attention to his father's words. "It has really no
bearing, Sir, but I remember saying as I offered a five-pound cheque, 'I
wish it was fifty.'"
"And what reply did Mr. Potts make?" said Mr. Rae, with quiet
indifference, as if he had lost interest in this particular feature of
the case.
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