"What do you suppose Mustushimi went to that house for, anyway?"
"To warn the others to skip; to get some money that he had cached there; to do any one of a hundred things that he might have wished to do before leaving the community-and to leave it as quickly as possible, is what he intends to do now. He has suddenly made up his mind quite finally that this is not a healthy locality for him."
"I don't blame him for that. Not in the least. But if you are so sure that he is going to skip, why don't you let him go, And have done with it? The President will turn him loose anyhow, won't he?"
"Yes."
"Why don't you let him skip, then?"
"You forget that I promised that I would produce the man before my employer- and I intend to keep my word in that particular, just as I do in all others."
"There are four of us. We will have ten men to tackle. I wonder if they will fight?"
"If you'd like to get out and return, senator-----"
"Carter, you know me better than that."
"Of course I do, senator. Pardon me."