"Have any trouble?"
"Not a particle. He was the first to answer my call, and I took that as a sign we should get away without leaving a trail."
"We can't lug him around the country with us."
"You're right but we can drop him after he's where it'll trouble him to get back."
"There's a safer way."
"I know what you mean, Joe, but I don't like to do any more of that business than's necessary. The last one couldn't have been avoided, but this can."
"It's a big risk to carry him up the river, and he'd better be dropped."
"We'll talk about that later. Have you heard anything new?"
"Not much. After this cub came from headquarters a detective was sent down to the Bowery, and by this time it is known pretty well what we looked like. The afternoon papers say the police are following a good clew, but you know what such talk means, Bob."
"Is the stuff salted away?"