"It is more than likely. I hope so."
"It looks as if we might get a little fun out of this thing before we are through."
"It does, certainly."
"Do you have an idea that they will attempt any of that assassination business to-night?"
"They are likely to attempt it at any moment. It would not surprise me if a bullet should come through this window at us, at any moment."
The senator moved back a little and the detective laughed.
"Do you think they are such poor marksmen that they couldn't hit you, sitting there in full view?" asked the senator.
"No. That is not what I think."
"What then?"
"I have got to take the chance. I always take chances, senator. We have to do so in my business. I did not mean to say that I really think they would dare to shoot through the window at us, but that they might do so. The chances are that they will not. But it wouldn't do for me to appear as if I feared it: Besides, I have a wholesome belief in my own luck."