PART 125

How he hoped to have him enlist in his father's team remained to be seen. That's not to say Julio was very interested. It is excusable talk to think out aloud such propositions as the one Norbert had just made to him. But at the same time it is not acceptable to be caught up too deeply in what presumably was a hearthy statement made in the merry nature of the occasion.

Julio offered to buy him a drink.