Jameson.
I trust you absolutely because Luigi trusts you."
We sat in the little dining-room until we heard the door of the
limousine bang shut and the car shoot off with the rattle of the
changing gears.
"One more question, Luigi," said Craig as the door opened again.
"I have never been on that block in Mulberry Street where this
Albano's is. Do you happen to know any of the shopkeepers on it
or near it?"
"I have a cousin who has a drug-store on the corner below
Albano's, on the same side of the street."
"Good! Do you think he would let me use his store for a few
minutes Saturday night--of course without any risk to himself!"
"I think I could arrange it."
"Very well. Then to-morrow, say at nine in the morning, I will
stop here, and we will all go over to see him. Good night, Luigi,
and many, thanks for thinking of me in connection with this case.
I've enjoyed Signor Gennaro's singing often enough at the opera
to want to render him this service, and I'm only too glad to be
able to be of service to all honest Italians; that is, if I
succeed in carrying out a plan I have in mind."
A little before nine the following day Kennedy and I dropped into
Luigi's again. Kennedy was carrying a suit-case which he had
taken over from his laboratory to our rooms the night before.
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