His finger tightened on the trigger.
But before he could fire, Shirley sprang forward with a cry and seized the arm that held the revolver.
Hernandez whirled on her angrily, but as he did so, Captain Von Blusen sprang forward and struck the man a heavy blow on the head with his fist. Hernandez toppled over.
Captain Von Blusen turned to the girls.
“I can do you no good here,” he said hurriedly. “I’ll tell your friends where you are being taken and we shall save you.”
He darted from the room and disappeared.
Shirley and Mabel made as though to follow him, but before they reached the door, the two women reappeared. Mrs. Sebastian took in the situation with a quick glance and bent over Hernandez, who was now stirring feebly. Directly he sat up and his gaze roved about the room.
“Where did he go?” he cried.
“Who?” asked his wife.
“The German! The man who knocked me down.”