"I hope so, my dear. By the way, are you acquainted with any members of the detective force?"
"Yes, sir; I know one or two."
"Who are they?"
"Sergeant Cosgrove, for one."
"And McGuire, perhaps?"
"Yes, sir. I know who he is."
"Well, if they, or either of them, make you a call, you needn't volunteer any information, you understand."
"I understand. And—and if I do just as you tell me, will you get me out of this awful scrape?"
"You have told me the worst—so far as you are concerned?"
"Indeed I have, sir."