The Second Confession
“I was surprised, I was even flabbergasted, that is true. But it is also true that the surprise was cancelled out by its exact opposite; that I had been expecting this all along. They say that the conscious mind is the upper tenth and everything else is down below. I don’t know how they got their percentages, but if they’re correct I suppose nine-tenths of me had been doing the expecting, and it broke through into the upper layer when Ben Dykes put it into words.
Wolfe darted a glance at me.... I lifted my brows and shook my head. He nodded and lifted his glass for the last of his beer.
'That makes it different,' said Sperling, not grief-stricken. 'That seems to settle it.' 'Look, Mr Archer,' Lieutenant Noonan offered. 'It’s only a hit-and-run now, and you’re a busy man and so is Dykes. This Goodwin thinks he’s tough. Why don’t I just take him down to the barracks?' Archer, skipping him, asked Dykes, 'How good is it'Enough to bank on?' 'Plenty,' Dykes declared.MoreLess
Wolfe darted a glance at me.... I lifted my brows and shook my head. He nodded and lifted his glass for the last of his beer.
'That makes it different,' said Sperling, not grief-stricken. 'That seems to settle it.' 'Look, Mr Archer,' Lieutenant Noonan offered. 'It’s only a hit-and-run now, and you’re a busy man and so is Dykes. This Goodwin thinks he’s tough. Why don’t I just take him down to the barracks?' Archer, skipping him, asked Dykes, 'How good is it'Enough to bank on?' 'Plenty,' Dykes declared.MoreLess
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