There's trouble
brewing for somebody."
I was surprised I had not thought of this before.
Bellairs had been behind the scenes; he had known
Dickson; he knew the flight of the crew; it was hardly
possible but what he should suspect; it was certain if
he suspected that he would seek to trade on the
suspicion. And sure enough, I was not yet dressed the
next morning ere the lawyer was knocking at my door. I
let him in, for I was curious; and he, after some
ambiguous prolegomena, roundly proposed I should go
shares with him.
"Shares in what?" I inquired.
"If you will allow me to clothe my idea in a somewhat
vulgar form," said he, "I might ask you, did you go to
Midway for your health?"
"I don't know that I did," I replied.
"Similarly, Mr. Dodd, you may be sure I would never
have taken the present step without influential
grounds," pursued the lawyer. "Intrusion is foreign to
my character. But you and I, sir, are engaged on the
same ends. If we can continue to work the thing in
company, I place at your disposal my knowledge of the
law and a considerable practice in delicate
negotiations similar to this.
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