As the boat got nearer to the hotel, Nick’s night glass, plus his keen eyes, enabled him to make out a feminine figure at one of the darkened windows.
CHAPTER VIII.
NICK DEALS WITH ODDS.
Throughout the performance of Kennedy and Groton climbing the rope to the window of the baroness, the detective lay there, with his night glass turned upon them, and when he saw the form of a man coming down on the rope, he knew he was on the right track.
“Shall we go back to the hotel and break in her door?� asked Corrigan.
“No. We couldn’t get there, for one thing. Everything would be over before we could interfere. Besides, that would not help much. I want to prove that the kidnaping has been done from the hotel. But, also, I want to catch them in the act.�
“That’s what you’re doing, isn’t it?�
“I am, in a way,� answered the detective. “But it would be only my word against theirs, and you may be sure that people who can carry out a scheme like this successfully are not bad as liars.�
“They’re going back to the yacht now,� remarked Corrigan.
“I see they are leaving the hotel. Whether they are going directly to the yacht remains to be seen. I am inclined to think they are not.�
“Why?�