Barlow likewise paused beside him to light a cigar; and from the side of the Chief's mouth there issued: "Room 613." Barlow passed on.

Presently Barney finished the dreary drudgery of drink and sauntered out.

Five minutes later, having exercised the proper caution, he was in Room 613, and the door was locked.
"What's this dope you just handed Gavegan about Larry Brainard ?" demanded Barlow.
Barney gave his information, again, but this time more fully.

Of course he omitted all mention of Maggie and the enterprise which Larry had sought to interrupt; it was part of the tacit understanding between these two that Barlow should have no knowledge of Barney's professional doings, unless such knowledge should be forced upon him by events or people too strong to be ignored.
"Did Brainard drop any clue that might give us a lead as to where he's hiding out ?" Barney remembered something Larry had said half an hour before, which he had considered mere boasting.

"He said he knew I had some game on, and he said he knew who the sucker was I was planning to trim." "Did he say who the sucker was ?" "No." "If Larry Brainard really did know, then who would he be having in mind ?" Barney hesitated; but he perceived that this was a question which had to be answered.