Derek arose and came quietly to the window.
“Biff! You found me!” Derek sounded as if he couldn’t believe his eyes.
“And I’ve got to get you out of here. Fast,” Biff whispered.
“But tell me, Biff, what has happened? I’m all confused. I have to know—”
“No time now,” Biff replied. “If I can’t get you out of here right away, you’ll be in real trouble. Are you alone here, or are you being guarded?”
“There’s a guard right in the other room,” Derek whispered back.
Biff’s face fell. He had expected Derek to be under guard, but he’d hoped the guard wouldn’t be so close by.
“No way of slipping past him, I suppose?” Biff said.
“I would have little or no chance. The guard is a giant.”
“Have you been treated all right?” Biff asked.