“It’s about time you did!”
Specks was standing with his back to the door, as if expecting Biff to try to force his way out of the room.
“It would have been highly dangerous for us to have taken you directly to your father,” Dietz continued his explanation.
“Go on,” Biff demanded.
“Has your father written you about a man who was once in his employ?” Dietz asked.
“He may have, and he may not. That is my business and my father’s,” Biff answered in an angry voice.
“Ah ... and would that man’s name be Charles Keene?” Dietz went on smoothly.
Now here was a twist, Biff thought. This is an angle to explore more thoroughly.
“I may have heard that name,” Biff said. “To be truthful, I have.”
“Then you must know that this Charles Keene represents a great danger to your father and what he has worked for so long.”