“Now, Gordon, hand me straight goods and be quick about it,” he said forcibly. “I have been to Tilly Lancey’s flat and know what has been found there, also what Regan and Kennedy have discovered that appears to incriminate you. It goes without saying, however, that I don’t take much stock in it. I must have the whole truth from you, nevertheless, if I am to pull you out of the fire.”
“Have you seen——”
“Don’t delay to question me,” Nick interrupted insistently. “I shall see all there is to be seen. Merely answer my questions as briefly as possible. Did you call on Tilly Lancey last evening?”
“Yes, I did,” Gordon admitted.[Pg 11]
“Did you mail her a letter stating that you would visit her at eleven o’clock?”
“Yes.”
“For what? What relations have you had with a woman of her stamp?”
“That can be quickly told,” said Gordon. “I was stopped on Fifth Avenue three days ago by a fashionably dressed woman, closely veiled. She asked me to give her a few minutes’ conversation, stating that she had important information for me, something that would have a favorable bearing upon my election to congress.”
“You consented?”
“Yes.”