As they stepped down from the entrance to the hotel upon the pavement, the detective said to the senator:
"You must have your nerve with you now."
"That is all right, Carter. I've got it. I always take it with me," was the quiet reply.
"I am purposely seeking to be followed. That is part of my present object, senator."
"I understand that."
"And at any moment we may be attacked from behind. Do you realize that?"
"Yes."
"Or be shot at from behind, which is worse."
"It isn't pleasant to contemplate, but all the same it is not the first time in my life when I have been in that predicament."
"I have no doubt of that."