“How is it you got out so soon?” Brockey asked, after he had swallowed his liquor.
“Dey reduced me sentence,” the detective rejoined.
“How was that?”
“I saved one o’ de keepers’ life.”
“Go way!”
“I ain’t jollyin’ you.”
“How did you do it?”
“An insane mug tried to escape from his cell. De keeper catched him an’ den he made an attempt to kill de keeper. I seed it an’ knocked ter mug out, see? Den de jailer petitioned de guvnor ter lea’ me out.”
“What are you going to do?”
“Dat’s what I wanted to see youse about.”