“Let us suppose that he is the guilty man.”

“Very well.”

“If he is responsible for the disappearance, where would he have hidden her?

“In the most unlikely place for her friends to search without doubt.”

“Go on, Chick; I'm proud of you.”

“Where does he keep his yacht?”

“Just below Erie Basin on the Brooklyn shore.”

“How long has he owned the yacht?”

“Two or three years.”

“Where would be the most likely place for him to conceal his prisoner?”