Ersten listened carefully with frowns at some parts.
"Well, I try it," he dubiously promised.
They were in front of Schoppenvoll's now; and Johnny, noting Ersten's fretfulness, proved himself a keen student of psychology by suggesting: "I'm thirsty for that special drink of yours, Ersten; but suppose we put it off till after I've brought Schnitt."
"Oh, well, if you say so," returned Ersten with poorly assumed indifference.
"It's as fine as a frog's feather!" Johnny assured Heinrich Schnitt half an hour later.
"Will he move?" asked Heinrich.
"Yes, but you mustn't say anything about it"
"Well, I like to know it," returned Heinrich with proper caution.
"I have his promise," asserted Johnny.
"Then he moves," declared Heinrich, fully satisfied.