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THE BANK PREMISES were closed when he reached them; he rang a bell at the side door and was admitted. The accountant and the chief clerk and two or three other clerks were on duty. He interviewed the accountant in his office.
'I know nothing whatever about Mr Moran's movements except that he applied for leave and it was not granted. I know that, because the letter from the head office did not come addressed to him personally, but to "the manager", and was opened by me. I got him on the phone and told him; he said nothing except that he wouldn't be down today.'