"But Maggie really includes all the others.

To have any influence with her, I must get out of the power of the police, I must overcome her belief that I am a stool and a squealer, and I must prove to her that I can make a success by going straight." "Just so.

And all these things you must do while a fugitive in hiding." "Exactly.

Or else not do them." "H'm!...

The most pressing thing, I judge, is to have a safe and permanent place to hide, and to have work which may lead to an opportunity to prove yourself a success." "Yes." "Mr.Hunt's O.K.on you would be sufficient, in any event, and he has given that O.K.," Miss Sherwood said in her even voice.