There was a stir inside immediately.
Ethel had been told by her husband how to say in Chinese, "Is that you, Pow?" and the answer was to be in Chinese before she opened the door.
She said it.
Alice caught on to the situation.
"Yes, it is Pow," she answered, imitating a man's voice, which she is perfectly able to do.
Ethel was fooled and she opened the door.
Evidently she had received a description of the old detective, for she drew back, breathing his name.
Then she tried to shut the door, but Harry prevented that with his foot.
"Hold on, Mrs. Pow Wow! We have something to tell you, ma'am!" Old King Brady exclaimed.
"My name is not Pow Wow! It is Pow Chow, and it is as good as any other name!" flashed Ethel. "You go on about your business, you horrid old man. I just won't go back to Albany! I'll marry as many Chinamen as I choose."