They are
getting away with loot that means for them a sumptuous living."
"Of course we are not up against the same sort of swindlers that
you are," put in Bentley, "but let me tell you that when the big
jewelers do get up against anything of the sort they are up
against it hard."
"Have you any idea who it could be?" asked Kennedy, who had been
following the discussion keenly.
"Well, some idea," spoke up Donnelly. "From what Bentley says I
wouldn't be surprised to find that it was the same person in both
cases. Of course you know how rushed all the stores are just now.
It is much easier for these light-fingered individuals to operate
during the rush than at any other time. In the summer, for
instance, there is almost no shop-lifting at all. I thought that
perhaps we could discover this particular shoplifter by ordinary
means, that perhaps some of the clerks in the jewellery department
might be able to identify her. We found one who said that he
thought he might recognise one of the women if he saw her again.
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