The man resumed his questioning of Elaine regarding the torpedo and she replied guardedly, as in fact she could not do otherwise.
Suddenly we heard shouts on the other side of the wall, as though some one were attacking some one else.
There seemed to be several of them, for a man quickly flung himself over the wall and ran to us.
"They're after us," he shouted to Bailey.
Instantly our visitor drew a gun and followed the newcomer as he ran to get out of the garden in the opposite direction.
Just then a tall, well-dressed, striking man came over the wall, accompanied by another dressed as a policeman, and rushed toward us.
. . . . . . .
The car bearing the mysterious stranger, Del Mar, kept on until it reached New York, then made its way through the city until it came to the Hotel La Coste.
Del Mar jumped out of the car, his wet clothes covered completely by the long coat. He registered and rode up in the elevator to rooms which had already been engaged for him. In his suite a valet was already unpacking some trunks and laying out clothes when Del Mar and his assistant entered.
With an exclamation of satisfaction at his unostentatious entry into the city, Del Mar threw off his heavy coat. The valet hastened to assist him in removing the clothes still wet and wrinkled from his plunge into the sea.