"Oh, you know well enough, we've acted so as to throw them off. Do you know how they have measured us?"
"I have an idea. What is yours?"
"They think you are a flat."
"That's certain."
"They think I am playing you."
"Right again."
"They think a slight rap on the ear will send you squealing."
"Yes, that's correct."
"Then they will go through me, and as I am, as they believe, a thief like themselves they fear no risk from me."
"Admitting what you say is true——"