"That was why I painted her picture. Since I first saw
her I've been interested in how she was going to come out. She might
become anything. But where do I fit in?"
"She's flying in high company. It occurred to me that, when you got
back to your own world, you might meet her, and in your surprise you
might speak to her in a manner which would be equivalent in its effect
to an intentional exposure. I wanted to put you on your guard and to
ask you to treat her as a stranger."
"That's promised. I won't know her."
"Don't promise till you know the rest."
"What else is there to know?"
"Who the sucker is they're trying to trim." Larry regarded the other
steadily. "You know him. He's Dick Sherwood."
"Dick Sherwood!" exploded Hunt. "Are you sure about that?"
"I was with Maggie the other night when Dick came to have supper with
her; he didn't see me. Besides, Dick has told me about her."
"How did they ever get hold of Dick?"
"Dick's the easiest kind of fish for two such smooth men as Barney and
Old Jimmie when they've got a clever, good-looking girl as bait, and
when they know how to use her. He's generous, easily impressed, thinks
he is a wise man of the world and is really very gullible."
"Have they got him hooked?"
"Hard and fast. It won't be his fault if they don't land him.
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