CHAPTER VII 

A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR 

There were three men in New York that day, who, although they occupied their accustomed table, the best in one of its most exclusive clubs, and although their luncheon was chosen with the usual care, were never really conscious of what they were eating. Weiss was one, John Bardsley another, and Higgins, the railway man, the third. They sat in a corner, from which their conversation could not be overheard; and as often before when their heads had been close together, people looked across at them, always with interest, often with some envy, and wondered. 

"I'd like you both to understand," Weiss said, speaking with unaccustomed emphasis as he leaned across the table, "that I don't like the look of things. We tackled something pretty big when we tackled Phineas Duge, and if he has the least idea that these Chicago brokers have been operating on our behalf, it's my belief we shall find ourselves up against it." 

Higgins, who was the optimist of the party, a small man, with the unlined, clear complexion and face of a boy, shrugged his shoulders a little doubtfully. 

"That's all very well, Weiss," he said, "but if Phineas had been going to find us out at all, he'd have found us out three weeks ago, when the thing started. He wouldn't have sat still and let us sell ten million dollars' worth of stock without moving his little finger. I guess you've got the jumps, Weiss, all because we were d-----d fools enough to sign that rotten paper last night. All the same I don't quite see how he could ever use that against us. His own name's there."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the number of gentlemen present?
2. How many men are present?
3. What is the number of men in the group?
Q2:
1. Where are the men?
2. What is the men's location?
3. What city are the men in?
Q3:
1. Where in New York are the men?
2. What establishment are the men at?
3. What kind of place in New York can the men be found at?
Q4:
1. Where were the men seated?
2. Where in the club were the men?
3. Where inside the club had the men taken a seat?
Q5:
1. Who works for the men?
2. Who is working on behalf of the men?
3. Who is doing work on the men's behalf?
Q6:
1. Whose outlook is optimistic?
2. Who is looking at things through a hopeful lens?
3. Who was the optimist of the group?
Q7:
1. What was Higgins' reaction?
2. How did Higgins react?
3. What sort of reaction did Higgins have?
Q8:
1. Did Higgins look like a grown man?
2. Did Higgins resemble an adult?
3. Did Higgins have the look of an older man?
Q9:
1. What did the men sell?
2. What was up for sale?
3. What was there to be bought?
Q10:
1. How much stock was up for sale?
2. What amount of stock was up to be purchased?
3. What amount of stock could be bought?
