"Yes. I mean to look after the scoundrel to-night."
"Don't attempt to do anything alone, Keene."
"I think there is little danger."
"But that tramp may have discovered his mistake by this time. He undoubtedly mistook me for another person, as you did last night."
"True."
The detective eyed the engineer keenly.
If this young man was a dissembler he was certainly a keen one.
"You will be on your guard?"
"Certainly," with a smile. "I have trailed too many criminals to their lair to fear now."
"One thing more," as the detective rose to go. "I want you to consider my house open to you at all times during your stay in Grandon."