"Yes, sir!"
"And say nothing about what you have seen in this room."
"Yes, sir!"
"And say to him, further, that he must return his check to the man who drew it," supplemented Card-Sharp Cale.
The cashier withdrew.
"Now, pard," remarked Dick to Susana, for it was she, of course. "Go and bring here two lawyers. Be as quick as you can, and this business shall be done in proper fashion."
The girl withdrew, and Dick and his arch enemy were alone together.
Captain Joaquin was silent.
"When these lawyers come," explained the Dead-Set Detective, "you will be allowed to transfer your property by the name in which you hold it. Your real name need not yet appear. As I said, I give you a respite."
"And my liberty during that respite?"