“Is this the office of the City Detective Agency?”—[page 22].
The stranger shifted his position slightly, glanced up and down the street, drew a step nearer the policeman, and asked:
“Is it a large force?”
“Well, I should say!”
“I suppose you know some of them pretty well?”
“Yes, sir; I know some of the best men of the lot.”
The stranger jingled some loose coin in his pocket, and seemed to have forgotten his interest in the detective force.
“Officer, where does a man go to get a good brandy cocktail?”
Policemen are not over bashful, and No. 46 smiled anew as he replied.