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'IT'S ALL BASED on deduction so far,' said Surefoot, 'but it is the kind of deduction that I am willing to bet on, and that is saying a lot for me: I don't waste money. Binny had known for some time that the old man was suspecting him and things were getting desperate. He had to do something and do it pretty quickly. The old man was getting suspicious about his bank account. He couldn't have suspected Binny or he wouldn't have told him to send for Moran. Lyne hated bankers and never had an interview unless he couldn't help it. When Binny was told to send for the bank manager he was in a hole. There was only one thing he could do and that was to get a confederate to pose as a bank manager and that confederate was--'
'Mike Hennessey!' said Dick.