That being so, the IOUs are absolutely useless to you, and if you will agree to my tearing them up now, he has most kindly consented to let the matter drop in your cases." The three men, who had all turned very white when he was speaking, now protested angrily against imputations being made on their honor.
"Well, sirs," the officer said, "in that case the matter can, of course, go on.

You know best what the feeling will be as to these IOUs.

They will form an important item of evidence against you, you will see.

As the matter stands, either you gave them to Emerson to collect for you, without any money passing between you--a very strange procedure, which you will find it difficult to explain--or else he gave you the coin for them, and you passed them over to him, and have, therefore, parted with all claim on Mr.Cotter on your own account.

Of course I impound them with the other IOUs as proof of a conspiracy between you.