six
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Oh , the fool the scoundrel had been ! Jamie drew the check , and canceled it , and added it to the teller 's slip . Then he closed the heavy books , put the cash drawer back in the safe , closed the heavy iron doors , gave a turn of his wrist and a pull to the handle , said a word to the night-watchman , and went out into the street . It was the soft , broad sunlight of a May afternoon ; by the clock at the head of the street he saw that it was not yet six o'clock . But for once Jamie went straight home . Mr. St. Clair had not come in , said the servant . -LRB- They now kept one servant . -RRB-