"I've just dropped in to look for Garry Minott.

Has he been in ?" Biff was the bulletin-board of the Magnolia club.

As he roomed upstairs, he could be found here at any hour of the day or night.
Biff did not reply at once; there was no use in hurrying--not about anything.

Besides, the connection between Biff's ears and his brain was never very good.

One had to ring him up several times before he answered.
Jack waited for an instant, and finding that the message was delayed in transmission, helped himself to one of Biff's "Specials"-- bearing in gold letters his name "Brent Biffton" in full on the rice paper--dropped into the proffered chair and repeated the question: "Have you seen Garry ?" "Yes--upstairs.