"You say you are a lawyer, but there is no need for you to tell me that."
"Still," I said, "I am interested in what you say. You have taken the trouble to come here at midnight, when every one else is asleep, and you tell me my life is in danger. I cannot believe that in the slightest degree; but the bump of curiosity, as the phrenologists say, is largely developed in my cranium. Tell me why you came."
"I have found out all about you that there is to know," he said between the puffs of his cigar.
"That didn't take you long," I replied.
Again there was a silence between us, during which he watched my face closely.
"Let me tell you this, my young friend. A man with sharp eyes, as yours are, and a brain quick to think, as yours is, is always in danger while a certain class of people exist."
"What class of people?"
He ignored my question entirely.
"You said just now," he remarked, "that the bump of curiosity in your cranium is largely developed."
"Very largely indeed."