“It strikes me you had a purpose in coming and seating yourself here.”
“Yes, I had a purpose. I thought you might pay for my dinner.”
“That was not your purpose.”
“You have fallen to that first, eh?”
“Yes, I have.”
“All right, I want to ask you several questions, and I want you to answer me fair and square.”
The surprise of young Burlein was increasing at every word.
“You wish to ask me some questions?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Well, go on.”