“Is Fellman your partner?”
“He is.”
“How long have you been associated together?”
There was a singular directness in Ike’s questions which hardly accorded with his position as a mere lad.
“How does it concern you?”
“Is he your friend or your enemy?”
“That is a strange question, even impertinent, I should say.”
“Answer me.”
“I beg your pardon, boy; you are saucy, I will not answer your question.”
“Suppose I give you a reason why you should answer me.”