Your uncle may have committed them to the charge of a native; he may have sent them to a banker at one of the great towns; he may have shipped them to England.

He may have sent them to the North Pole for anything I know.

How can one begin to search the universe ?" "I thought, sir, that perhaps he might have sent them to some London Bank or agent, with instructions to hold them until claimed by him, and that perhaps an inquiry among such houses would lead to the discovery that they hold certain property forwarded by him." "Well; there is some sense in that suggestion," Prendergast grumbled, "and I suppose the first thing to be done will be to carry that out.

If you wish, we will do it for you.

They would be more likely to give the information, if they possess it, to a well known firm of solicitors like ourselves than to any private individual.