“I can only say that I want you to act in behalf of the governor.”
“Does he know that you came to New York to ask this?”
Snell did not answer.
“We are wasting each other’s time,” said Nick.
Snell made a last appeal.
“I may be doing wrong,” he said, “but I beg you to look into this matter. You can’t help seeing how important it is.”
“Well,” replied Nick, “usually I have nothing to do with a case where any facts are concealed from me——”
“I am concealing no facts.”
“Pardon me, you refuse to answer one of the first questions a detective would ask. I was going to say, Mr. Snell, give me a few hours to think it over and come again. Will you call to-morrow morning?”