"Thank you," he said. "I knew you'd understand. As soon as you have any news you'll wire me?"
"The very moment. I want you to rely on us."
"I will."
"And not worry."
"I'll try not to," and he was gone.
As the door closed behind him, Mr. Royce looked at me with a somewhat guilty countenance.
"You see, I've got you into it again, Lester," he began. "I hope you don't mind."
"I don't. Rather the contrary."
"It's a little out of our line," he added. "But for a friend—and I certainly pity the poor fellow—we lawyers have to do peculiar things sometimes."
"I've done more peculiar ones than this," I said. "This is, at bottom, merely a matter of finding an important witness who is missing."