‘I know quite a lot about him. I’ve listened to Tad Cullen.’
‘A prejudiced witness.’
‘A nice boy, which is more important. The Cullen boy had a wide choice of friends in an organisation like OCAL and he chose Bill Kenrick.’
‘Lots of nice boys have chosen criminal friends.’
‘Come to that, I’ve known some nice criminals.’
‘Yeah? How many? And how many minutes of your leave would you give up to a criminal type?’
‘Not thirty seconds. But the Kenrick boy is no criminal.’
‘A complete set of another man’s papers isn’t a particularly law-abiding thing to be carrying round, is it?’
‘I’ll find out about that presently. Meanwhile shut up and leave me alone.’
‘Huh! Stumped, aren’t you!’