“No, sir; and I do not intend to stay in here to hear any more of it, or to try to explain it. Good-bye.”
“Good-bye, doctor.”
“I am going to ask you to allow me a vacation, officer. I am not feeling very well.”
“Mr. Pearson, I have some very important work to do in the next few days, and I shall need you badly.”
“I should like to leave by the first of the week, if possible.”
“It is more than likely that you can do so. You have nothing more to say in regard to the affair of which we were talking?”
“I have not. I do not feel that this man is any relation to me, therefore I am not going to bother anything about him.”
“What was your birth-place, Pearson?”
“I have secrets of my own. I don’t think that you or anyone should ask about them, and I refuse to tell you. I am not being tried for any crime. I do not have to answer your questions.”
“Very well. You may go back to your old position. I shall look after the office. Say, Pearson! Here! You may take along the prisoner here. I don’t care to have him in this room, keeping me alert at every noise.”