“True; I had forgotten Chick. But that does not alter what I was about to say.”
“What was that?”
“In the past, whenever obstacles got in the way of Jimmy’s designs, he broke them down, put them aside, or destroyed them. That is what he will attempt to do now.”
“Nan, my dear girl, do you mean murder?”
“Yes. That is just what I do mean. He would not hesitate.”
“Perhaps not, if there were opportunity. But here there is none.”
“Then he will make one. I am afraid, Nick Carter! I am afraid!”