“Then disappear. I see that. Once out of Peter and Paul, the rest is easy. But how will you get them out?”
“By an order.”
“By an order?”
“Yes, by an order! You have all kinds of official blanks, you have copies of the signatures of all important officials. By an order made out by you.”
Sabatoff’s eyes opened wide. “You are thinking of a regular official removal?” he ejaculated.
“Of a removal that will appear so regular and official that it will deceive every one for a few hours.”
“You mean that you propose to walk calmly into the Fortress, calmly request the prisoners, and then calmly walk out with them?”
“As calmly as I can.”
“But there is not one chance in a hundred that the plan will succeed!”
“Perhaps not. But that hundredth chance is the only chance!”