She slid her blue leather bankbook across the polished marble counter.

Mrs.

Gable pulled open a long metal drawer and took out the master ledger card for the Holloway account.

She checked the numbers against it, then keyed a query into the small electronic terminal beside her ink pad.

A quiet hum ran through the machine before a red light flickered on the side panel.

Mrs.

Gable stopped, adjusted her glasses, and looked at the screen again.

“Is there a problem with the ledger?” Caroline asked.