I've struck his communication lines, and this very night, please God, we'll get the last clue to the riddle.

Do you hear?
We're in this business together, and you've got to lend a hand.' I told him briefly the story of Gresson, and how I had tracked his man here.

As I talked we ate our supper, and I wish I could have watched Wake's face.

He asked questions, for he wasn't convinced in a hurry.

I think it was my mention of Mary Lamington that did the trick.