"Yes."
"Fooling with any women?"
"Nothing special, uncle. Nothing intense."
"Disciplined or downgraded anybody lately?"
"Certainly not. The precinct runs like a watch. I'll match their morale against any outfit east of the Mississippi. Why are you taking this so heavy?"
"Because you're the third. The other two—your cousin Thomas McGurn and your uncle Robert Orsino—didn't have guards to get in the way. One other question."
"Yes, uncle."
"My boy, why didn't you tell me about this when you first came in?"