“I get it.” Arthur was thinking hard now. “Much money, is there?” he said at last.
“Just enough to make it worth my while coming here.”
“And that little bit of homework you’ve got with you?”
“Miss Kolin, you mean? She’s an interpreter.”
“I get you.” Arthur came to a decision. “Supposing-just supposing, mind-that there was a bit more information you could find out about this German. Would it be worth your while to stay another couple of days?”
“That would depend on the information.”
“Well, supposing he’d had a wife and kids. They’d be in line for the cash, wouldn’t they?”
“ Did he have a wife and kids?”
“I’m not saying he did and I’m not saying he didn’t. But just supposing-”
“If there was clear, legal proof of that to be had, I’d certainly stay. But I’m not staying just in order to listen to a lot of unconfirmed hearsay, and I’m not paying out another cent to anyone.”