“Mike,” he said, “I want to see you alone for a few minutes.”

“What is it, Bull?”

“Something that will interest you.”

The two men adjourned to a small room that was partitioned off one corner of the dive. There they seated themselves.

“First of all,” said Bull, “I want to ask you a question.”

“Drive ahead.”

“Do you consider me a friend of yours?”

“Why, certainly.”

“I was never known to blab, was I?”

“I’ve always heard you spoken of as a square man, and I so consider you myself. What are you trying to get at?”