"Are you considering me only, in this?" asked the statesman.
"I am certainly considering you. I don't want a dead or a wounded senator on my hands, to-night."
"It would make you a lot of bother, wouldn't it, Carter?" chuckled the senator.
"Yes. And annoy me as well. Now, have you noticed that we are followed?"
"No; and although I haven't exactly looked backward, I have been trying to discover if we were followed. I haven't done so yet."
"Did you notice those two men walking ahead of us, who continued on down H Street, when we turned into 14th?"
"Yes."
"They were part of the system. They will turn down 13th or 12th to the avenue. There are others behind us, to follow."
"May I look back?"
"Certainly."