32/35 They'll be paying you the money--not me. Ask any one else you like, only don't mention this particular matter we've been discussing. As the lawyers say, secrecy is the essence of this contract." He laughed and crooked a finger at the waiter who had served them so assiduously, got his dinner check and paid it with a banknote that, even deducting the high cost of eating in a regular place, returned him a handful of change. "How much attention did you attract, Mr.Jewel, when you landed ?" "Why, not any. It was about dark, and we lit in a beanfield over beyond Inglewood. |