“And what was done with ’em?”
“They’re down below.”
“Will they ever show above the hatches ag’in?”
“Not this v’yage?”
Marking the first speaker well, Patsy got up and staggered out.
His manner changed when he got clear of the dive, and he rushed away in the direction of the corner.
He was not long in finding an officer, and, after showing his badge and telling who he was, he informed the policeman that Nick Carter was in a bad way at Boucicault’s.
The officer gave a low whistle, a couple of patrolmen were picked up, and the four of them returned to the dive.
To arrest the man whom Patsy had heard telling about Nick to his companion was the work of only a few moments.