He scornfully looked Greg up and down. "G'wan! You ain't one of us!"
"Sure, I am. I'm off duty now."
"'Tain't good enough, Jack."
"Come into the house and the woman will identify me."
Bessie, full of curiosity, was already at the kitchen door. She assured the man Greg was what he claimed to be, but the obstinate fellow having made up his mind was not to be swayed.
"I don't know you," he said to Bessie. "I don't know any of yez. It's a bad neighborhood."
The highly incensed Bessie gave him a good piece of her mind; this naturally only confirmed him in his obstinacy.
"If the cab's yours where is it now?" he demanded of Greg.
"My partner has it out."
"Likely story! I'll wait until I see it before I believe it."