“She won’t listen to that.”

“Confound these women, anyway! If you had let me manage that affair, and kept her out of it, there would have been nothing to worry about. As it is, you went ahead without asking my advice, and the result may be that you have furnished that man with a clew which will lead up to our downfall.”

“Always croaking, Dick!”

“No, I am not.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I am going to take a trip down to Lem Samson’s joint, and see if Brockey Gann has any report to make.”

“What time to-morrow will you meet me?”

“Eleven o’clock.”

“Where?”

“Here,” said Darwin.