what does it matter to him if the papers soak it to him for about two days? he knows they'll drop him and go on to something else on the third, and he knows he's broken no law. no, there's something more in this business than that. don't think that this bright boy wants to hush us up simply because he is a sensitive plant who can't bear to think that people should be cross with him. he has got some private reason for wanting to lie low."