“Harm, Hodge?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“Well, I’ve told Browning and Diamond what we meant to do.”
“You have?”
“Sure.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Now, if you do not go, do you know what they’ll think?”
“What?”
“They’ll think you actually feared you might discover something that would cause you to change your mind about Hooker. They’ll think that, having picked the fellow up, you are not willing to learn the truth about him, but are going to stick to him, anyway.”