"I didn't think that those two young ladies would let you go," he said.
"On the contrary," Jim replied with a short laugh. "They didn't want me at all."
He began to say something more, but thought better of it, and called to a waitress.
"Two Bocks, if you please," he ordered, and he offered Hanaud a cigar.
When the Bocks were brought, Hanaud said to him:
"It will be well to pay at once, so that we can slip away when we want."
"We have something to do to-night?" Jim asked.
"Yes."
He said no more until Jim had paid and the waitress had turned the two little saucers on which she had brought the Bocks upside down and had gone away. Then he leaned towards Jim and lowered his voice.
"I am glad that you came here. For I have a hope that we shall get the truth to-night, and you ought to be present when we do get it."