“What about?”
“I dunno all they talked about, Sleed. I didn’t want to move in too close, but I know she was askin’ him about the old man.”
“About the old man,” parroted Sleed. “What did she want to know about him?”
“I dunno.”
“You dunno,” mimicked Sleed. “Is there anythin’ you do know? Wasn’t your ears workin’?”
“I told yuh I didn’t want to move in close, Sleed. I heard some of it and——”
“Oh, you heard some of it, did yuh?” Sleed got ponderously to his feet and leaned both hands on the table, as he snarled down at Loper. “You heard some of it, but you don’t know what they talked about.”
Loper licked his lips and wished that the interview was over.
“Luck asked him what the old man’s name was and——”
“What was it?” snapped Sleed.