CHAPTER IVA FRIEND OF TIM’S
It was another of those mornings on which the fog maybe did not come. Roger and his guests were in the limousine again; it seemed to John Quincy that they had left it only a few minutes before. So it must have seemed to the chauffeur too as, sleepy-eyed, he hurried them toward the water-front.
“By the way, John Quincy,” Roger said, “you’ll want to change your money before you go aboard.”
John Quincy gathered his wandering thoughts. “Oh, yes, of course,” he answered.
Roger smiled. “Just what sort of money would you like to change it for?” he inquired.
“Why—” began John Quincy. He stopped. “Why, I always thought—”
“Don’t pay any attention to Roger,” Barbara laughed. “He’s spoofing you.” She was fresh and blooming, a little matter like three A. M. made no dif
