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Chapter XXXV

           There’ssomethin’Iwanttofindoutaboutsomethin’thatIoughttoknow;butit’saveryprivatematterwithme,and—"Hepausedtothinkandconjecture,lookingatMr.Martinsonthewhile.Thelatterunderstoodhispeculiarstateofmind.Hehadseenmanysuchcases.

           "Letmesayrighthere,tobeginwith,Mr.—"

           "Scanlon,"interpolatedButler,easily;"that’sasgoodanameasanyifyouwanttouseone.I’mkeepin’meowntomeselfforthepresent."

           "Scanlon,"continuedMartinson,easily."Ireallydon’tcarewhetherit’syourrightnameornot.Iwasjustgoingtosaythatitmightnotbenecessarytohaveyourrightnameunderanycircumstancesitalldependsuponwhatyouwanttoknow.But,sofarasyourprivateaffairsareconcerned,theyareassafewithus,asifyouhadnevertoldthemtoanyone.Ourbusinessisbuiltuponconfidence,andweneverbetrayit.Wewouldn’tdare.Wehavemenandwomenwhohavebeeninouremployforoverthirtyyears,andweneverretireanyoneexceptforcause,andwedon’tpickpeoplewhoarelikelytoneedtoberetiredforcause.Mr.Pinkertonisagoodjudgeofmen.Thereareothersherewhoconsiderthattheyare.WehandleovertenthousandseparatecasesinallpartsoftheUnitedStateseveryyear.Weworkonacaseonlysolongaswearewanted.Wetrytofindoutonlysuchthingsasourcustomerswant.Wedonotpryunnecessarilyintoanybody’saffairs.

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