"Jubal, yes," he answered wearily. "That boy skates close to the edge, he always has.  He's utterly fearless and that's how he's made his reputation.  But the rabbit is never more than two jumps ahead of the coyote and this time maybe one jump.  Or none, Jill, Ben has never tackled a more dangerous assignment than this.  If he has disappeared voluntarily - and he may have - do you want to risk stirring things up by bumbling around in your amateur way, calling attention to the fact that he has dropped out of sight?  Kilgallen still has him covered, as Ben's column has appeared every day.  I don't ordinarily read it - but I've made it my business to know, this time."