The latter seemed more troubled than before.
"That," he said with some hesitation, "is one of the delicate points in this talk of ours, Captain Warren.

A certificate for the missing hundred shares _was_ turned in.

It was dated at the time of the original issue, made out in the name of one Edward Bradley, and transferred on the back by him to your brother.

That is, it was presumably so transferred." "Presumably.

Pre-sumably?
You mean-- ?" "I mean that this certificate is--well, let us say, rather queer.