The Ralston Bank Burglary, Chapter 5

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​⁠If Miss Clarke had expected that The Thinking Machine would show either astonishment or enthusiasm, she must have been disappointed, for he neither altered his position nor looked at her. Instead, he was gazing thoughtfully away with lackluster eyes.

"Well?" he asked. "I suppose it's a story. Begin at the beginning."

With a certain well-bred air of timidity, the girl began the story; and occasionall