CHAPTER XIV
A New Turn of Events
Jack stopped dead in his tracks. His two friends also stopped and faced him. “What is it?” asked Paul.
“I was just wondering,” answered Jack, “whether we shouldn’t go back there, watch until those two leave and then go down there again.”
“Go down where?” asked Ken; they had not yet told him of the cellar they had discovered.
Paul shook his head. “No,” he said. “We have had enough for one day. And then, I want some time to think this thing over and try to piece everything together. Let’s go to Ken’s garage where we can have some privacy.”
“You really think we shouldn’t go back?” asked Jack.
“Yes, I’m convinced.”
“Don’t mind me,” said Ken as the three of them continued walking. “I’m only an ornament among the three of us.”