“Great!” exclaimed Moose, with a sidelong glance toward the silent Garry.
“You say that The Shadow does not fear danger?” questioned Wing Toy.
“He’ll go anywhere,” declared Moose. “But they say he is as clever as a fox.”
“The fox is clever,” said Wing Toy, “but it is man who has declared him clever. So man is clever as the fox. So we say in China, where man traps the fox, but the fox never traps man. Look.”
He arose and walked to the far wall. He pressed a hidden spot. A panel slid to one side, revealing a low, narrow opening.
This explained the landing in the passage. Ostensibly giving access to a side room, the landing also allowed for this short tunnel. Wing Toy pointed to a dim door at the end of the cavity.
“There is the prisoner,” he said. “Behind that door. Could you find this opening? Would you care to enter?”
The panel closed as Moose Shargin answered.
“I couldn’t find it,” he declared. “You remember how I tried? I’ve seen you open it half a dozen times yet it beats me.”
“Answer my other question. Would you care to enter it, if you did find it?”