Hawkins nodded grimly.
“That is just the kind of a man I have been training to defeat,” he said. “All I ask now is the opportunity.”
“And you and I,” said Defarge, speaking to Packard, “must furnish the opportunity for him.”
“How can we do it?” asked Roland, growing more and more interested.
“Have you heard that Merriwell is going to give a big supper to his friends? He calls it an athletic supper. Do you know anything about that?”
“I’ve heard something about it.”
“That is the time to strike him. He should be led into the trap in the presence of his great gathering of friends.”
“But I fail to see how I am to help bring that about.”
“Your brother is one of Merriwell’s particular friends.”
“Not exactly a particular friend, as he has never belonged to Merriwell’s flock; still, I think he is regarded by Merriwell as a friend.”