Clymer," he remarked.
"Especially when taken in consideration with his other involved
financial transactions."
"Where will we find Rochester, Kent?" asked Taylor, before the
bank president could answer the New Yorker.
Kent paused in indecision. What reply could he make without
further involving Rochester in trouble? He had not the faintest
idea where Rochester was, but to state that he was missing
could not but add to the belief that he had made away with all
the money he could lay his hands on. The noon edition of the
Times had hinted at Rochester's disappearance but had stated they
could not get the statement confirmed from Police Headquarters;
obviously Harding and Taylor had not seen the newspaper.
Was it just to the men before him to keep them in the dark? If
their claims were true, and Kent never doubted that they were, they
had already lost money through Rochester's extraordinary behavior.
Kent turned sick at the thought of his own loss - his savings swept
away. Would Barbara wait for him - was it fair to ask her?
Taylor broke the prolonged silence.
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