“Are you sure, though, that they went through here?”
“Am I sure? Could you look at the old man and ask me that? What I'd like to know is how far off they are just now.”
“Lindquist doesn't look as if he'd tell.”
“Oh, no; he won't tell.”
“Would it do any good to make him?”
“Put on a little pressure, you mean?”
“Yes.”
“I don't think so. He'd lie to me, and we wouldn't have any way of knowing the difference. The boy is our game.”
“Why not get him now? We could break out of here easy enough.”
“No, Smiley, you're a little off the track there. He must tell us on the sly. Don't you see, he's a good deal more afraid of his father than he is of us. If we aren't careful, we 'll have him lying too.”