"I think he has suspected it already."
"Do you? Why?"
"He has posted two men in front of it. He is in doubt, however, and won't attempt any breaking in on that side until he is certain. It wouldn't do for him to disturb peaceable citizens, and you could never tell from the outside that the house is unoccupied."
"I see. Well, go over there and find out what Gordon has to say, and when you have done that, return here."
As soon as Chick departed, the senator, who was insatiable with his questions, turned to the detective again.
"I am worried about that other assistant of yours," he said.
"Who? Patsy?"
"Yes."
"What about him?"
"Well, so far as I was able to determine, the city of Washington is just about swarming with spies in the service of that scoundrel Mustushimi, and if some of them saw your man Patsy strike the spy whom you caught, isn't it just possible that they have taken after him, and captured him?"