"
"I certainly will."
"Will you introduce them to me?"
"Why should I introduce them to you?"
"I wish to know them, so I can arrange for my brother's safety."
"Oh, I see; well, in good time you shall meet them."
"We must go slow and sure in this matter."
"Oh, certainly, and you are becoming quite a detective."
"I am working for my brother's safety--his salvation. I am willing to
brave almost everything to save him."
"We will save him."
"By to-morrow I will arrange for my brother to have a meeting with some
of those men with whom he is associated, and I will arrange that you
shall be hidden in a place from where you can overhear everything that
is said. You will secure considerable information. You will know how to
use it. Yes, we will move slowly, but surely. There must be no mistake
made, no failure, or it will cost my brother's life, and I also may
become their victim."
"Very well, you can depend upon me."
"I have your confidence?"
"Yes."
"Can we not arrange signals between us?"
"Certainly."
"I am going to start in as a regular detective in this affair, and at
any moment I may want to signal to you; yes, warn you in case anything
appears to be going wrong at a critical moment."
"I am delighted to work with one as shrewd and thoughtful as you are,"
said Oscar.
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