“Here is a key to those handcuffs,” he said. “Do not release him until nine o’clock.”
John Lansing was very pale and was trembling visibly.
It was evident that his nerves were greatly shaken at the disclosure he had heard.
“I will do as you say, Mr. Carter,” said he.
“Chick,” went on Nick, facing his assistant, “Patsy is in the hall. Take him that outfit and have him make ready. There’s sharp work ahead.”
In five minutes Patsy was ready, and the detectives departed.
CHAPTER XIV.
AT THE OBELISK.
At eight-thirty sharp a “four-wheeler” dashed up the east drive of Central Park and came to a halt opposite the Egyptian relic known as the Obelisk, otherwise “Cleopatra’s Needle.”
Three men got out of the carriage.
An electric light faintly illuminated that particular spot, and the forms looked dark and indistinct.