'
'You wouldn't--er--pop over to America and see whether something
couldn't be arranged?'
'What!'
'I mean--suppose you were popping in any case. Suppose you had
happened to buy a ticket for New York on to-morrow's boat,
wouldn't you try to get in touch with this girl when you got to
America, and see if you couldn't--er--fix up something?'
Jerry Nichols looked at him in honest consternation. He had always
known that old Bill was a dear old ass, but he had never dreamed
that he was such an infernal old ass as this.
'You aren't thinking of doing that?' he gasped.
'Well, you see, it's a funny coincidence, but I was going to
America, anyhow, to-morrow. I don't see why I shouldn't try to fix
up something with this girl.'
'What do you mean--fix up something? You don't suggest that you
should give the money up, do you?'
'I don't know. Not exactly that, perhaps. How would it be if I
gave her half, what? Anyway, I should like to find out about her,
see if she's hard up, and so on. I should like to nose round, you
know, and--er--and so forth, don't you know. Where did you say the
girl lived?'
'I didn't say, and I'm not sure that I shall. Honestly, Bill, you
mustn't be so quixotic.'
'There's no harm in my nosing round, is there? Be a good chap and
give me the address.
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