“Certainly.”
“When I delivered that answer, I noticed your partner, Mr. Fellman.”
“Well?”
“He was watching me very closely.”
The young man laughed in a relieved way, and asked:
“Is that all, my lad? My partner is a very nervous man. He is always on the alert. He is always watching everything that goes on around. Here, finish your dinner and I will pay for it. You are, I am afraid, a little too smart, but no doubt you mean well. I certainly am a very good-natured man to have permitted you to say all I have listened to.”
“But I am not through yet.”
“You will excuse me, I do not wish to hear any more.”
“You are sure?”
“I am.”