“In that case——”
“We must trace them,” Nick cut in. “Margate, if turning the trick in that way, would not have ventured to the front of the house, nor the opposite side. The couple would surely have been seen and recognized.”
“That goes without saying,” Chick agreed.
“It would have been equally hazardous to have gone toward the stable and garage back of the house.”
“Surely. The driveway was brightly lighted and filled with people.”
“That leaves only the path by these outbuildings and through the east park,” said Nick, walking in that direction. “The path is too hard to have received any footprints, but there is a road through the woodland beyond the park. You can see patches of it through the trees. We may find tracks there.”
“It’s the road most likely to have been selected by the rascal, if he had a conveyance of any kind,” Chick declared.
“That’s the very point.”
“None of the guests, and probably no one else, would have gone as far as that into the woodland.”
“A possibility that may simplify matters,” said Nick. “If we find tracks of a vehicle, or a motor car, we may reasonably infer that we are on the right trail.”