The bank manager asked Mrs Leighton where her husband was.
She wondered if he wasn't in the bank.
The bank manager answered wherever he was,he was not certainly in his office.
He added that nobody had seen him yet and they were going to have a meeting in a quarter of an hour.He continued that unfortunately they couldn't have it without her husband.He said that he had all the papers.
Aunt Agatha tried to be polite and said that she didn't know what to say.