“You have found out that much?”
“Yes.”
“Then we return to my original question. If he is the man we suppose him to be, he is mixed up with a gang of crooks, of which he is probably the king pin. Those crooks are either burglars, counterfeiters, confidence men, forgers, or—or— what else shall I say, Nick?”
“Suppose you include river pirates.”
“Good! Let us drop the others and cling to that.”
“Why?”
“Well, I've read the papers, and the wharf- rats are gnawing big holes just now.”
“Right.”
“Let us say that he's a river pirate.”
“Very well.”