“Hello, Hunch.”
“What you doing in these parts?”
“Come up to see my niece—Joe Cartier's wife.”
“Busy nowadays?”
“No, ain't picked up anything for the winter yet.”
“What would you think of taking a trip with me?”
“The Dean?”
“Yes.”
“A little late for schooners, ain't it?”
“Not in this weather, no. It's only a little trip-up to Manistee.”