Hodge saw the force of this, but he rebelled against it.
“It isn’t right, Frank!” he cried. “It’s wrong! It’s outrageous!”
“It may be wrong, but that makes no difference.”
“What can we do?”
“Try to obtain evidence that will accomplish the result.”
“I doubt if we can do it in time.”
“So do I,” Frank confessed.
“Well, then——”
“The plot must be frustrated. Huntley must be defeated in his ambition to secure the trophy.”
“You can do that,” asserted Bart eagerly and confidently.