“You can ask a hundred questions about him that I cannot answer. The only thing of which I am absolutely certain is that he is my friend.”
“Are you absolutely certain of that?”
“Of course I am! Why do you ask such a question?”
“Because I do not believe you can be certain of anything in connection with that man.”
“Why not?”
“Something tells me he is crazy, and a crazy man cannot be trusted.”
“I have every reason to believe he may be trusted fully and completely, and I shall continue to trust him.”
“Of course you will do as you like about it, Frank.”
To this Merry said nothing in reply, and the two young Americans made haste to get away from that vicinity. Not far away they found a Jew’s shop, where Merry procured a coat and hat.
On the way to the hotel, Jack said: