“If he wants you, why did he try to arrest Enoch?”
“He wanted to frighten him, more than anything else.”
“Burt Cromwell knows Cook is not to be frightened by a bluff.”
“He claimed Enoch was my accomplice in a little matter.”
“Oh, that’s the way the cat jumps, is it?” said Mike.
“Just about.”
“Might I ask what the little matter is, without giving offense?”
Kidd looked astonished.
“Perhaps,” added the dive-keeper, “you don’t care to trust me. Is that it?”
“Oh, no.”