"We may have to call you to give evidence in court, and then you'll be sworn; and you'll also be paid for your attendance.

For the present I want you to keep your own counsel and say nothing to anybody about having been here.

We have to make some other inquiries and we don't want the affair talked about." "I see, sir," said Wilkins, as he laboriously traced his signature at the foot of the statement; "you don't want the other parties for to ogle your lay.

All right, sir; you can depend on me.

I'm fly, I am." "Thank you, Wilkins," said Thorndyke.