‘Not quite that yet,’ he stalled. ‘But after my interview this morning, I’m almost sure I’ve got the job. Once I’m in, I can start finding out the truth about those accounts. The only snag is that someone might have seen me there at the interview and thought he’d recognised me. And that someone could only have been your accountant, Mrs M.’
‘Oh, my word, what can we do?’ She dropped her cup in her agitation, half spilling the contents.
‘Don’t panic,’ said Harry, mopping it up. ‘I pretended to be my cousin and I think I got away with it. Luckily the accountant was called away before I was introduced, so I’ve got myself a bit of a breather to think up something to make it sound more convincing.’
‘But he was the one who saw us at that dance,’ objected Sheila, giving Harry a suspicious glanc
