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But these
were strange times. A man could not be too scrupulous.
"Better keep her on for a month or two, anyhow," he said. "They're
up to something, and I miss my guess if it isn't directed against
you."
"How about Herman Klein?"
"Nothing doing," stated Mr. Dunbar, flatly. "Our informer is
tending bar at Gus's. Herman listens and drinks their beer, but
he's got the German fear of authority in him. He's a beer socialist.
That's all."
But in that Mr. Dunbar left out of account the innate savagery that
lurked under Herman's phlegmatic surface.
"You don't think it would do if she was moved to another office?"
"The point is this." Dunbar moved his chair forward. "The time may
come when we will need the girl as an informer. Rudolph Klein is
infatuated with her. Now I understand that she has a certain feeling
of - loyalty to Mr. Graham. In that case" - he glanced at Clayton
- "the welfare of the many, Mr. Spencer, against the few."
For a long time after he was gone Clayton sat at his desk, thinking.


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