Pruitt, the branch manager, held my license and the certified certificate up to the window light the way a man checks a twenty-dollar bill.

“I need statements for Palmer Crest Holdings,” I said.

“From January of this year on.”

“Your name isn’t on the signature card.”

“Under Delaware law I’m the sole managing owner.

The certificate says so plainly.”

He disappeared into the back for eleven minutes.

I counted them off against the clock over the teller line.