Adams nodded.
“That’s too bad. Then I’ll have to go from room to room until I find him.”
“I wouldn’t do that, Lieutenant.”
Adams stared steadily at Cutler.
“That’s what I’m going to do unless you tell me where I can find him.”
“The Captain wouldn’t like it.”
“You have your lines snarled up,” Adams said. “The Captain told me to talk to Yarde. This isn’t a pinch. I just want information.”
Cutler hesitated.
“I don’t like my best clients bothered, Lieutenant. I’d rather get it straight from the Captain.”
“Okay, if that’s the way you feel about it,” Adams said, shrugging. “I’ll start in on the ground floor and work up, and I’d like to see you stop me! Don’t blame me if your other clients get annoyed with you.”