“I can guess who,” said Nick. “I was about to tell you that you would soon receive that information.”
“What shall I do?”
“Take Danny and a couple of plain-clothes men to aid you,” Nick quickly directed. “Raid the house quietly. I hardly think you will find any one else there. If you do, however, make sure that none escapes.”
“Trust me for that.”
“I’ll nail the culprits elsewhere.”
“Good enough! I’ve got you.”
“That’s all, then.”
Nick came from the booth, said a few words of explanation to the astonished clerk, and he then hurriedly left the store and hailed a passing taxicab.
Ten minutes later, still in disguise, he entered the quarters of the Imperial Loan Company—not more than an hour after his visit with Lord Waldmere.
The first person he caught sight of was Moses Hart, and he saw at once that Stuart Floyd had not yet arrived.