“Did you see anything of Mavelt?”
“Yes. He is waiting for an answer to his message. Rankin may change the plan.”
“Pshaw! It wasn’t necessary.”
Once in the red house the whole crowd surrounded poor Bob, who was disarmed and then bound.
“Yez sha’n’t escape me again,” said Grogan. “Oi’ll not go to slape watchin’ yez this toime.”
“No, Mike, for the simple reason that I intend to do the watching this trip,” laughed Barker. “You mean well enough, but you are not always to be trusted.”
“I will take him up-stairs,” said Barker. “I want to have a talk with him. Then I will come down, and we can decide on what we intend to do.”
As he spoke, he winked at Casco, and the scar-faced man nodded.
“Don’t be long,” said Raymond. “I want you to fix up that matter for me.”
“All right.”