"Buckley, see if there is a family named Smith in Brooklyn with connection in St.Louis.Sit down, Miss Ridge, please, and don't be worried.

This is what we have to do.

Your driver slugged another of his kind and he's likely to die of the fall he got.

We'll have to use you as witnesses, that's all, an' we must have you where we can put our hands on you in the mornin'.

The captain will be here in an hour or two and you can probably manage to give some kind of bond for your appearance.