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lock it, and give me the key. Will you do 

 this?" 



" I will, I will. The thing's all right, but if you 

 want it done I'll do it." 



" Well, let's do it now, then." 



" I will in a minute, when I've seen Moriarty — " 



" No; now. There's nothing like doing things 

 at the moment." 



" Well, all right," said French. " Let's do it 

 now." He produced his cheque-book from his 

 desk, and Miss Grimshaw locked it up in the drawer 

 of an escritoire. 



" And now," said she, " how about that sixty 

 pounds? " 



The badgered one produced a pocket-book and 

 took three twenty-pound notes from it. 



" That leaves me only three pounds ten," said 

 he, taking the coins from his waistcoat pocket and 

 exhibiting them as he handed over the notes. 



Miss Grimshaw cast a hungry eye on the 

 gold. 



" When that's gone," said she, " I will have to 

 allow you pocket-money out of my household 

 expenses. We are in exactly the position of ship- 

 wrecked people on a raft, with only a certain 

 amount of food and water, and when people are 

 in that condition the first thing they have to do is 

 to put themselves on a strict allowance. I want 

 you," said Miss Grimshaw, " to feel that you are on 

 a raft — and it might be much worse. You have a 

 house for which we have to pay no rent ; you have 



