"Señor Callaghan.... I did not expect the pleasure of meeting you here...."
Callaghan said: "I know. It's just one of those pleasant surprises, isn't it?"
The Cuban said nothing. There was a silence. Then he said: "Well?"
Callaghan said: "I want to ask you a few questions. Maybe you'll answer them, maybe you'll want to be funny about answering 'em, but before we go any further let me tell you this:
"I can make things pretty hot for you— one way or another, I mean. I'm not suggesting that I've got anything on you, that I know anything about you, except that you run a pretty big game somewhere around the West End. If you use your imagination you will realise it would be fairly easy for me to be a trouble."
The Cuban was still smiling. He said:
"Pliz go on...."
"Why were you waiting fo
