“I thought I noticed you reading them once.”
“I did. But why?”
“Were they regular?”
“Perfectly.”
“Seal, letter heading, and all?”
“Everything was regular, Bill. Why do you ask?”
“I do not know, unless being a scout detective makes me suspicious of everything nowadays.”
“Yes, and I feel the same way in many things.”
“Well, you are going along, so if there is anything wrong I will be glad to know that you will be on hand to thwart it.”
“What do you really suspect, Bill?”