'The police, and well—you know—others.'
'Why?'
Jim Dennis shrugged his shoulders. It was an expressive gesture, it meant so much to a man who understood him.
'You are one of the old gang, they tell me, Jim—is that true?'
'What do you mean by the old gang?'
'One of the men who stuck the beggars all up at Potter's Shanty when the coach was stopped,' said Dr Tom.
'They say that—do they?'
'Yes.'
'Then let it rest. I was there that night.'
'Were you in it, Jim?—no halves.'