"Patsy isn't an easy mark for people of that sort," replied the detective, smiling.
"Granted; but all the same there are so many of them that Patsy might have fallen into their hands, you know."
"I don't think so, senator."
"Where do you suppose he is now?"
"Outside there, somewhere."
"What? Among those fellows who are about to attack us?"
"No; but keeping watch over them. Don't worry about Patsy. He knows how to take care of himself as well as anybody I ever knew. He'll turn up all right, at the moment when he is least expected, and therefore probably will be the most wanted."
"Carter, do you really think that those fellows will have the nerve to attack this house while we are in it?"
"I do."
"What are you going to do to defend it?"