"Yes."
"Gee! Say, dis is great."
This Chink spoke English with a Bowery accent.
He seemed to be perfectly enraptured to have discovered Ed.
"Who's down dere?" he demanded, pushing past and peering down through the open trap.
"Nobody."
"You sure?"
"Yes."
"You were trying to escape."
"I had to do the best I could for myself."