"I have nothing to say to you," she said. "It isn't any of your business."
"But, of course, you don't deny you're an impostor?"
"Well, if it comes to being an impostor, Mr. Valet, I don't believe you'll stand very much investigating."
Pete regarded her calmly.
"Let's form an alliance," he suggested.
"An alliance of what? Fraud?"
"Something like that. I see you confess it."
"I confess nothing," she retorted hotly. "And I don't care for an alliance."
"It might pay," he said, thoughtfully. "If we keep up the teamwork I believe we can get by yet. Between my ingenuity and your references——"