“I dare say not, and for a very good reason why.”
“What reason?”
“Why, they were given to me to distribute them, and—”
“You didn’t I suppose?”
“Yes, I did, but only in such out-of-the-way places where they would do no earthly good.”
For some time both men kept silent.
“I understand it all,” said Bates, at last, “this person who is unknown you know?”
“Yes.”
“This gentleman none of us can guess at.”
“You twig, I perceive.”