“It’s impossible!” exclaimed Froman. “That would ruin everything! Helmsworth should have told you long ago!”
“That doesn’t help the present situation,” responded Noyes. “It simply means that we will have to utilize the alternate plan.”
“By way of Paris?” Froman asked.
“By way of Paris.”
“Impossible, also! It can be arranged to perfection, so far as reaching Paris is concerned. But from then on—” Froman shook his head.
“I gained something of an inspiration this afternoon, after I had talked with Helmsworth,” Noyes said. “I did not intend to tell you about it until after I had done the preliminary work.
“I have found the very man we need” — the old lawyer smiled cunningly — “and I expect him here within the next hour.”
“Who is he?” demanded Froman.
“You will learn that later,” answered Noyes, with a cryptic smile.
Froman seemed piqued by the lawyer’s mysterious attitude. He began to protest, but Noyes stopped him with a gesture.