“We’ll go to the Broadway Central Hotel.”
“Very good!”
“It is an old hostelry and does not depend altogether on elevators. There are rear stairs for us to descend.”
The detectives proceeded to carry out their plan.
Certainly it looked feasible.
They registered at the hotel, boldly, under their own names.
They prepaid their room as they did not have baggage.
Then they ascended by the elevator. They proceeded to the door of their room.
They entered and waited for the bell-boy to disappear.
Then they emerged and started for the rear stairs.