"They are not personal friends of mine, as they seem to be of yours," he said, "and I have no time to waste. Besides, we have an engagement with the Commissioner. You can come down and chat with your seal acquaintances after our talk."
The Commissioner greeted them cordially, and without waste of words.
"So this is the boy!" he said, after the customary greetings. "He'll need to grow a bit, eh?"
"So did both of us once," said Major Dare,
looking at his own height and the Commissioner's burly frame. "We haven't done so badly."
"That's true. Well, boy, tell me just what you want to do."
"Everything that there is to do in the Bureau, Mr. Glades," answered Colin promptly.
The Commissioner rubbed his hand over his chin, with a short laugh.
"That's a big order," he said. "Willing to work?"
"Yes, sir," the boy replied; "I don't mind work."