“This detective will bring back a lot of cops, and take us all in. You should not have let him go.”
“Bah!”
“Well, what then?”
“The detectives won't attempt to make trouble until they have plenty of evidence to convict us all, and they haven't got that yet. A good detective always works on the principle that he must obtain evidence which will convince twelve disinterested men besides himself; that is one of Nick Carter's hobbies, and that is why he never fails.”
“I see.”
“Chick will come back.”
“Yes?”
“And he will bring what he went for, a kit of clothes and tools—probably burglars' tools.”
“Humph! Well?”
“Neither of them must leave the Rat-Hole again alone.”