"Isn't he being shadowed?" with some surprise.
"No. But he'll come here, right enough; and then—"
"And then," she added, as he paused, "the chase of years will come to an end."
"Exactly. We may decide to take him to Washington, and we may not."
She gazed at him inquiringly.
"There are some new developments, then, O'Gorman?"
"I'm inclined to suspect there are."
"Known to the department?"
"Yes. I'm to investigate and use my judgment."
"I see. Then Agatha and I are out of it?"