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at me kind of funny.’There’s only one man in the world I’m afraid of, Fogg,’he answered.’Just one.’I got sort of nervy.’Who’s that, Chief?’I asked.’His name is Jerry Delaney,’he said.’Remember that, if anything happens.’I told him I would. He was moving off.’And why are you afraid of this Delaney, Chief?’I asked him. It was a cheeky thing to say, and he didn’t answer at first.”
“But he did answer?” suggested Bob Eden.
“Yes. He looked at me for a minute, and he said:’Jerry Delaney follows one of the queer professions, Fogg. And he’s too damn good at it.’Then he walked away into the library, and I knew better than to ask him anything more.”
