“What’s up?”
“You mustn’t tell any one.”
“All right. Of course not.”
“Well, then, there’s been a big fight, and I’m one of the only chaps who know about it so far.”
“A fight?” Harvey became excited. “Who between?”
Renford paused before delivering his news, to emphasise the importance of it.
“It was between O’Hara and Rand-Brown,” he said at length.
“By Jove!” said Harvey. Then a suspicion crept into his mind.
“Look here, Renford,” he said, “if you’re trying to green me—”
“I’m not, you ass,” replied Renford indignantly. “It’s perfectly true. I saw it myself.”