“We ought to see the lady, first,” said Dave. “There’s some lady pilgrims that couldn’t hire me with di’monds.”
“The pay’s all right and the lady’s all right. She’s French.” 102
“A mad’mo’selle?” they echoed.
“It’s a long story,” said De Launay, smiling. “You’d better see her and talk it over. Meantime, this prohibition is some burdensome.”
“Which it ain’t the happiest incumbrance of the world,” agreed Sucatash. “They do say that the right kind of a hint will work at the Empire Pool Rooms.”
“If they have it, we’ll get it,” asserted De Launay, confidently. “You-all point the way.”
The three of them rose by the simple process of straightening their legs at the knees, and walked away. 103