“Well, officer, you back?”
“I am back, Pat.
“You may go, Pearson. I will send for you when I need you.”
“And if you knew all I know, you would need him now, before he went.”
“Well, Pat, have you done anything with Prisoner 78?”
“I? No, sirree; he is a ‘fellow’—a pet around here, he is.”
“What do you mean, Pat—a ‘fellow,’ ‘pet’?”
“Well, your honor, I never was a tell-tale, and I don’t want to begin now.”
“Do you know anything, Pat, that I should know?”
“I think if you knew all I do, you would have another prisoner in here to feed.”