"What is it?"
"Will you help me out of here?"
"If you convince me.—Let's see; the shops around here are still open.—Yes, if you convince me, you'll be out of here in half an hour."
It was her only chance. She did not hesitate. She told him the whole of what she had heard of the later assuring interview between Rose and Angelelli.
This time he listened quietly, his face inscrutable.
"That all?" he asked when she had ended.
"That's all," she said.
"It's the truth?"
"Ain't I sayin' it proof that it's true? How could I make it up? I don't know all that it means."
"You knew enough to pass it on to me."