Harver shook his prisoner like a rat.
"And what were you doing there?"
"Oh, lay off him, Red," said Ganning. "He's nothing to do with this."
Essenden came closer.
"We don't know that," he said. "This might be one of her tricks. Anyway, even if he isn't anything to do with it, he may have heard us talking."
Harver shook the captive again.
"How much did you hear?" he snarled.
A look of fear came into the eyes of Albert George.
"I didn't 'ear nuffin', s'welp me, I didn't."
"Liar!" said Flash Arne delicately.