"What were the exact words?" asked Kennedy. "Did you get them down?"
McCabe nodded and referred to his notes.
"When Mr. Shattuck called up, he asked her first, 'I suppose they're watching you yet, Honora?'
"'Oh, Vance,' she answered, 'it gets worse every day.'
"There's some more—and then he suddenly said, 'Honora, Kennedy has just been here to see me again.'
"She seemed to be rather alarmed at that news. 'To see you again, Vance? What about?'
"'I don't know what he's up to,' Shattuck replied. 'I wish I did. It's something about that poisoned bean—you know, the thing they've been talking about.'"
"Pretending ignorance!" I exclaimed. "He knows. Go on."
"They talked about that a little while, without saying anything important. The next was Honora: 'He keeps asking me all sorts of questions about dreams and trying psychological experiments. I don't dare refuse to answer. But what do you suppose it is all about, Vance?'"
"What did Shattuck tell her?" asked Kennedy, interested.