QUOTE : Are you in law enforcement?' he said.<br /> 'No,' said Bernie, 'Why do you ask?'<br /> 'Because of your companion here,' Mason said. 'If he's not in the K-nine corps he should be.'<br /> Oh, Mason! You don't know the half of it, whatever that might mean. I flunked out on the very last day! The leaping test, Mason! And leaping's my very best thing! Was this a good time for a demonstration? Perhaps a quick leap right over Mason's head and then scurrying back to where I was, no time wasted?...<br /> Bernie turned to me. 'K-nine. That would be like Sherlock Holmes walking a beat.'<br /> A complete puzzler. I couldn't make anything out of it. Bernie laughed and gave me a quick scratch between the ears. 'Which makes me Dr. Watson.