However, you know what you have to do," and Jennings rose to take his leave, first slipping the knife into his pocket.
"Wait a bit," said Cuthbert, rising.

"I'll do what you say.

Just drop me a line when the meeting is to be.

But I want to tell you--At the Metropolitan Hotel at Brighton I met with my bank manager." "What of that ?" "He happens to be the manager of the bank where Miss Loach kept her money and where Juliet keeps it now." "Well," said Jennings, becoming suddenly attentive.
"He didn't tell secrets," went on Mallow, "but we got talking of Basil, and the manager hinted that Basil had had a lucky escape." "From what ?" "I can't say.

The manager--French, his name is--refused to speak more openly, and of course he couldn't.