“Don’t put those things on me!”
“Will you submit peacefully?”
“Yes, yes! I’ll do anything you order.”
“Climb up that ladder to the airship!” exclaimed the detective.
“Very well,” said Murdock, and up he went.
Frank and Reynard followed him, and the ship sped on.
Pomp received the prisoner.
“Wha’ yo’ gwine ter do wif him?” he asked Frank.
“Lock him up in the storeroom downstairs. He can’t very well escape with Pegasus up in the clouds.”
“Fo’ shuah, sah!” assented the coon.