“What do you suppose they intend to do with it?”
“You know as much about it as I do.”
“Well, then, what are we going to do about it?”
“That’s the question. I suppose we might call the police, but if we did the chances are they would find nothing when they entered the place; or we might notify the military authorities, but the conspirators would be gone before they arrived.”
“Haven’t you an idea?”
“Yes, I have an idea, but it involves considerable risk.”
“Since when have you become so cautious? Risk didn’t use to bother you.”
“It wouldn’t now, if I were sure we had a chance of success.”
“What’s your plan?”
“There is but one way I can think of by which we can overhear the conversation in that room. It is impossible for us to get in this way without being seen, and the only other entrance, so far as I know, is through the tobacco shop. Therefore we shall have to go in that way.”