"Hardly that."
"He will be likely to think so, at any rate."
"There are no noises outside the house now."
"No."
"What do you suppose they are doing?"
"Reconnoitering."
"Eh? For what?"
"Looking to see if there is danger of interruption by the police. By the way, Chick, have you got anybody in the other house, to keep guard there?"
"Yes. I've got Gordon, of the secret service. I ran across him this morning. He said he had a day off, and I told him something of our plans. He volunteered to assist me, and I took him up. He is over there now, in the other house, keeping watch out of the front windows."
"Good. I think you had better go over there, Chick. it would not be surprising if Mustushimi tumbled to the fact that there are two houses in this affair. He is smart enough to guess that, when he remembers how closely the two streets come together right here."