“I REMEMBER what you said yesterday,” remarked Commissioner Weston glumly. “You stated that you would frustrate another death, if one was scheduled to occur.”
“Things will be different tonight,” declared Cardona, with a confident air. “Death will not take place!”
“I hope not,” said the commissioner.
“Ten o’clock, then?” questioned Biscayne.
“Make it before that,” said Cardona. “I’ll be at the hotel at eight. I’m anxious to get started.
“I’ll wait a while for you, but there’s no time to be lost.”
“Professor Biscayne and I shall be there immediately after dinner,” declared the commissioner.
Biscayne turned to his cousin, Wilhelm.
“Sorry you won’t be with us, Arthur,” he said. “You might be interested in seeing Harshaw’s place.
“You financed it a bit, you know, although the old man always wanted more money.”