"You were listening, then," she said with cold contempt.
"I ain't ashamed of it, either," he shot back.

"When a man's dealin' with crooks like--" He hesitated, and then gave a venomous accent to the words--"like you an' Taggart, he can't be over-scrupulous.

I was sure listenin'.

I heard Taggart ask you if you was still stringin' me.

If it hadn't been for that new pup which I just brought Bob I'd have done what I was goin'-- " He stopped talking and looked sharply at her, for a change had come over her.