"Or else it will be in stocks, bonds or real estate that could be converted into real money." By this time, Tom, Dave and the others, Greg included, had taken Alonzo Hibbert's measure or believed they had.

Their host, then, was a lunatic.

A harmless and very amiable lunatic, to be sure, yet none the less the victim of a deranged mind.
"Eaten up your creams ?" asked Mr.Hibbert, glancing around.

"Then we'll have another apiece." He signaled the waitress, giving the order.
"Don't ask me---yet---how I know," continued their host, turning once more to Greg Holmes, "but you're going to find yourself a millionaire within a week.

I know it.