A Case for Loyola by E.V. Lucas — Read

The Interviewer's Bag

We had no introduction save the circumstance that we chanced both to be taking refreshment at the same time -- and, after all, is not that a bond? He did not begin to talk at once, and very likely would not have done so had not a little man come hastily in, received his drink, laid his money on the bar without a word, also without a word consumed it, and hurried out again.