He liked Sibley.

At this point it is not necessary to say why.

The reason will appear in due time.

Sibley's face had always something of that immobility and gravity which Crozier's face had part of the time-paler, less intelligent, with dark lines and secret shadows absent from Crozier's face; but still with some of the El Greco characteristics which marked so powerfully that of the man who passed as J.G.Kerry.
"Ah, Sibley," he said, "glad to see you! Anything I can do for you ?" "It's the other way if there's any doing at all," was the quick response.
"Well, let's walk along together," remarked Crozier a little abstractedly, for he was thinking hard about his great enterprise.
"We might be seen," said Sibley, with an obvious undermeaning meant to provoke a question.
Crozier caught the undertone of suggestion.

"Being about to burgle the bank, it's well not to be seen together--eh ?" "No, I'm not in on that business, Mr.Kerry.