"Sure. A cousin. She was made in the same laboratory as I and that makes her my cousin."
"You have a lot of cousins, then."
"Yes," said Herkimer, "I have many thousand. And we stick together. Which," he said, very sanctimoniously, "is the way it should be with families."
"You think this cousin might know someting?"
Herkimer nodded. "She works in the hotel. She can tell me something."
He picked up a leaflet off a stack that was on a table.
"I see, sir," he said, "that they got to you."
"What are you talking about?" Sutton demanded angrily.
"The Equality Leaguers," said Herkimer. "They lie in wait for anyone who might have some importance. They have a petition."
"Yes," said Sutton, "they did say something about a petition. Wanted me to sign it."