Chapter 51
This Will Do
SATURDAY, FIVE O’CLOCK. The Professor, Captain Dill, and Captain Johnson were already seated, each with a tumbler of Jameson in their hands, as John arrived and took his seat in the large chair next to The Professor, who called the meeting to order.
“All right, we first want to welcome the son of one of our founding members to our group. To John!” The Professor offered.
All four men took a healthy sip of whiskey.
Captain Dill stood and made another toast. “To peace in Irishtown in the upcoming week.”
All four men said, “Here! Here!”
Johnson’s toast brought the men to the matter at hand, but more whiskey needed to be poured to create the kind of deep thinking needed for issues of this magnitude. The Professor started the dialogue. “John, I briefed the two capt
