He found the telephone booths and called up Golson.
"Got anything from Baltimore?" he inquired.
"Just been talking to Delaney on long-distance," Golson answered without enthusiasm.
"Well! What is it?"
"Your man gave him the slip a quarter of an hour ago, and he wants——"
"Gave him the slip!" shouted Braceway. "What are you talking about?"
"I don't like it any more than you do," snapped Golson. "But that's what happened: gave him the slip."
"How?"
"I didn't get that exactly. Delaney merely said he lost him in the hotel. Your man was evidently waiting there for a message or phone call. If he received it, Delaney was fooled. Anyway, he's gone now; and Delaney wants to know what he's to do. What'll I tell him?"
"Tell him to go to hell!" Braceway said hotly. "No! Tell him to go back to Eidstein's and wait there until Morley shows up. That's his only chance to pick him up again."