The operative said, "I do not know. He will explain that when he sees
you."
Erfert replied, "I am in a hurry and haven't time. I'm late anyway, and
will call and see him tomorrow."
The operative said, "You can either go with me right now and see Mr.
Furlong, or I will call the policeman (pointing to a policeman who
happened to be standing diagonally across the street from where they
were) and have him take you to police headquarters, and probably Mr.
Furlong will go there and see you. Now it is up to you. If I take you to
police headquarters your name and picture will appear in the papers in
the morning and you will probably get a lot of undesirable notoriety."
"I don't want any notoriety," replied Erfert, "but I can't understand
what Mr. Furlong wants to see me for tonight. However, I will go with
you, but I will put these packages in the store."