He desired to get into the room where the “loot” was examined and purchased, in the hopes that if what he was after had been purchased it would not yet have been removed from sight.
In this he was disappointed.
If Gorse had bought the stolen silver it had been taken to some other and less public place, as indeed was dictated by prudence to be the only proper course.
When they were both seated, Gorse said:
“Now, then, friend, I am ready to listen to what you have to tell me.”
The detective coughed and replied:
“There are conditions.”
“Conditions!”
“Yes.”
“I don’t take!”