“So I see,” replied Jerry. “Well, if he stays up late he’ll sleep late, and we’ll get off before he knows it.”
“Why, are you worried about him?” asked the stout lad.
“Yes, I don’t mind telling you that I am.”
“Why?”
“Well, because I’ve seen Bill Berry hanging around lately. You know how thick he and Noddy are, and I shouldn’t be a bit surprised but what Bill was trying to find out where we are headed for this time.”
“Why would he do that?”
“Oh, just so he and Noddy could make trouble for us. It wouldn’t be the first time they have camped on our trail.”
“No, that’s right. But I guess we’ll fool ’em this time.”
But if Bob and Jerry could have looked into Noddy’s room at that minute, they would have been made aware that they had plenty of cause for suspicion.
For, as our two heroes passed on to their homes, glancing back momentarily at the light in Noddy’s window, that bully was in close conversation with a certain sleek individual, who, for the present, chose to masquerade under the name of Dr. Kirk Belgrade.