The arrangement was very peculiar, but Old King Brady mastered the mystery and the opening stood revealed.
Behind the panel there was a very narrow flight of stairs leading down.
Old King Brady immediately started to descend, flashing his light ahead of him.
They followed him down into the place to which Harry had been taken.
There in the niche stood the corpse of the informer, silent and quiet.
Following the passage for a short distance they came upon two inner doors, both set at an angle.
"Which den do you propose to tackle first?" questioned Connors.
"To the right is always my rule, unless I have reason to change it," replied the old detective.
"To the right it is then," said the wardman.
He tried the door, to find it locked.