“I will tell you. I have.”
“So you want protection, now you have told the truth? Give me the name of your enemy.”
“Officer, can you not relieve me of this torture? Can you not see?”
“Yes, I think I can.
“Well, Pearson, do you think you could rest comfortably behind the bars for a few hours?”
“I? What do you mean?”
“I mean that you have been trying to bribe this man to disown his name. Now I am not in the dark. I understand it all, and I am going to make a clean breast of it. I shall send him back to his cell, and send you to another one.”
“I’ll just get up and stretch myself. I may have to use my muscles, and club too,” commented Pat. “I hope he will like his new home.”
“You must have good hearing, Pat,” said the official. “I was just going to ring for you. You must hear my thoughts. You may take No. 78 back, and return at once.”
“I will, your honor.