"
"The devil he has! Do I retire then?"
"Not at all. You see nobody in these parts is in the Hobhouse secret, so
they sent for Bolton at once to make his own kind of enquiries while we
make ours. You of course go on making yours in your own way just the
same. All the same I think it would be tactful to stand aside--with your
eyes open of course--while Bolton is on the job."
"Tactful," I agreed, "but a little annoying."
"Well, Roger, it can't be helped, I'm afraid. I'm not the boss here and
the man is on his way now as fast as he can travel. And now what about
telling him who you really are? I've been thinking it over, and if you
are agreeable I think I ought to."
I saw that this meant that he had decided he was going to, so I
merely said:
"If you think it best, certainly tell him. Only swear him to secrecy."
"Certainly. And I'm sure the man himself will see the point in that. But
you see if I didn't tell him who you really were, he'd very likely put
you down as a suspicious character and recommend your removal."
"You're quite right," I agreed.
"Besides what you know may help him, and it would be a dog in the manger
kind of game to keep back anything, now that he has taken up the
business."
"Right again. Well, I'll keep my nose out of the business till Bolton has
had his innings.
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