“Yes,” said Bob. “A sort of last chord, perhaps.”
“Maybe; but then I don’t know nothing about music. But what I started to say was this fellow’s name isn’t Pietro at all!”
“It isn’t?”
“No. This man with the hook called him Rodney!”
You could almost have knocked Bob Dexter over with a feather then.
CHAPTER XX
NEW SUSPICIONS
Realizing that it would not be wise to show too much emotion and surprise in front of Mike Brennan, the young detective controlled his astonishment as much as possible, though it was difficult.
“Oh, well,” he murmured, as if it was the most natural thing in the world, “maybe Rodney was Pietro’s middle name.”
“Maybe, but I don’t believe so,” asserted the proprietor of the Railroad House. “Rodney isn’t a dago’s name at all, and, what’s more, I don’t believe this chap is an Italian at all.”