Selby forced a smile.
"Well, colonel," he said, "I've a feeling they're after us, and I don't want to take any risks."
"You'll take this one," said the colonel. "There's somebody to be put away."
The man licked his lips.
"Well, I'm not in it," he said. "I had enough with that Hanson business."
"By 'put away' I don't mean murdered or ill-treated in any sense," said the colonel, "and besides, it is one of our own people."
But even this assurance did not satisfy the man.
"I don't like it," he said; "they tell me that this Jack o' Judgment——"
"Just forget Jack o' Judgment for a minute and think of yourself," snapped the colonel. "You've made your pile, and you find England's getting a bit too hot for you, don't you?"
"I do indeed," said the man fervently. "You know, colonel, I was thinking that a trip to America wouldn't be a bad idea."