"I want to get out of the restaurant without my employer seeing me," answered Dean in a low voice.
"Why? Would he object to your coming here!"
"Wait till we get into the street."
The boys managed to effect their retreat without attracting the notice of Kirby or Pringle.
"Now what's it all about?" asked Guy.
"They were talking confidentially, and Mr. Kirby would be angry if he thought I had heard them."
"Oh, that's it," said Guy carelessly. He was not a boy of much curiosity, and felt much less interest in Dean's concerns than his own. "Well, what shall we do this evening?"
"Go to bed, I suppose."
"But why not go to some theater?"
"I should like to go," said Dean, "but I don't know that I ought to use the money Mr. Kirby gave me for such a purpose."