"What have you got there?"
"Nosing!" protested La Croix. "Zees ees an outrage, sair!"
"Oh, I don't know!" laughed Harry.
"Clara!" roared the man. "Go tell ze captaine, quick, to come 'ere."
The girl slipped out the door and vanished.
Left alone with the man, the detectives laughed and Harry said:
"Unbutton your coat and vest."
"Sacre! For why?" growled La Croix.
"We want to see what you've got stuffed in there."
"Gentlemen, you wrong me!"