“No.”
“Is Angel in it?”
“No” (impatiently).
“Go on,” said Bat, satisfied.
“The money is in a safe that can only be opened by a word. That word nobody knows—so far. The clue to the word was stolen a few nights ago from the lawyer in charge of the case by—Jimmy.”
He paused to note the effect of his words.
“Jimmy has passed the clue on to Scotland Yard, and we cannot hope to get it.”
“Well?” demanded Bat.
“What we can do,” the other went on, “is to open the safe with something more powerful than a word.”
“But the guard!” said Bat. “There’s an armed guard kept there by the lawyer.”