“Your servants are trustworthy?”
“Absolutely.”
“Have you ever discharged one with whom the child was familiar, and who may be seeking revenge, as well as money?”
“No. I feel sure of that, Nick, also.”
“I think we have covered all of the ground, then, for the present,” Nick announced. “We will await further developments. I shall take no steps until to-morrow, after seeing the letter you are to receive in your morning mail. I will call at your business office at nine o’clock.”
“Will it not be better, instead, for me to bring the letter to your office?” Mr. Madden earnestly questioned.
“Lest the rascals may discover that I call on you and am on the case?”
“Exactly.”
“Don’t let that worry you,” said Nick significantly. “I will call on you in disguise. As a matter of fact, however, I don’t much care if they do learn that I am after them. It may draw them from cover and into making some move that will prove disastrous to them. You leave it all to me, Mr. Madden, and meet me in your business office at nine to-morrow morning.”
Nick arose with the last and took his hat from the table.[Pg 11]