"Have you appointed 'em?" he put the dread question.
"Sure thing."
"Who are they?"
"Shotgun Shillman and Riley Tyler."
"Oh, yes. Good men, both of 'em, but——"
Tip O'Gorman fell silent. He toyed with his glass.
Billy Wingo regarded him slantwise. That "but." "Yes?"
"But," continued Tip O'Gorman, "I know of better men."
"Yeah?" Rising inflection and a cocked eyebrow.
"Yeah."