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The strange tragedy resulting in the disappearance of Paul Spencer did not pass unnoticed in the City of London. Spencer had been a power there for many years, and the story of the crime produced a grave impression. It came, too, just at a time when there was something in the nature of a financial crisis, so that quite early in the day sinister rumours were in the air. Paul Spencer had not been shot at all; he had committed suicide. The only one who had witnessed his death was his own partner, and surely no man ever had a more strange or unlikely story to tell!
Long before midday the city had made up its mind. The firm of Spencer and Grant was hopelessly bankrupt, and the senior partner had made away with himself. Robert Morton brought the news to Julius Cardella in the latter's private room at Lexington House. Here the great financier presided over upwards of a thousand employees, transacting business all over the world.