“So I did. Well, here, I’ll ask questions. Don’t you want me to do this?”
“No!” very emphatically.
“You’d rather I wouldn’t?”
“Very much rather.”
“Because you fear ill effects to yourself?”
“Yes.”
“You are sure you’re not overestimating the danger of that?”
“I am sure.”
“Then there’s no more to be said. Good-by.”
Lockwood hung up the receiver, and turned around to see Trask frowning at him.