“Why don’t you move out?” Nick coolly inquired.
“You have exposed my game, indeed, and thwarted part of it,” Deland went on, as if there had been no interruption. “But I have, at least, the money and bonds stolen from Gordon’s vault. They are in yonder suit case.”
“Thanks for the information,” Nick again put in. “It will save me from searching for them.”
“I also have Gordon, here, as you have inferred,” continued Deland icily. “And, best of all—I have you!”
“I would be foolish to deny it,” Nick dryly allowed.
“And here, Carter, before we bolt for parts unknown, is where I shall get even with you and with him, where[Pg 35] I will forever wipe you out of my path. Gordon is bound hand and foot in a room on the top floor.”
“Thanks again, Deland.”
“I will send you both to the devil.”
“By what route, pray?”
“In a chariot of fire!” cried Deland, with a sudden outburst of ferocity.