“Anything else?” questioned Cronin.

Mike Borrango shook his head.

“Don’t I know the name of the guy we’re going to put on the spot?” asked Cronin.

“That is a natural question,” replied Borrango softly. “Yet it may be best for you to wait until McGinnis tells you. He will do the principal work. You are helping him tonight.”

Savoli made an interruption.

“I’ll tell him, Mike,” he said, as though bestowing a favor upon Cronin. “This is an important job. Best for him to know.”

Borrango bowed his approval.

“You’re going to get Morris Clarendon,” said Savoli.

“What!” Steve Cronin’s voice was incredulous. “You don’t mean — “

“That’s just the man I do mean,” replied Nick Savoli emphatically. “Morris Clarendon, the assistant district attorney.”