"You expected to meet my friend Barkswell tonight?"
"I did."
"For what purpose?"
"Didn't he tell yer?"
"It was about the payment of money?"
"Exactly."
"For what service?"
"Don't yer know?"
Jounce leaned his face between his hands and grinned.
"For the murder of the detective from New York, Sile Keene?"