“Who are those two fellows with you?”
“Just a couple of breeds I picked up.”
“But I should think you’d be afraid to trust them if you just picked them up.”
“Oh, they don’t know what I’m after,” he replied a trifle uneasily.
“I see. But, may I ask, why did you attack us?”
“That’s what I want to explain. You see, I got the idea that you too were after that gold and it belongs to me, if I can find it.”
“I see,” Bob said dryly.
“How about last night?” Jack asked.
“You mean—”
“I mean why were you prowling around here last night?” Jack interrupted with the suspicion of a threat in his voice.