“I admit it was clever. Otherwise, you never would have got by.”
“Not more clever than that of last night,” grinned Margate. “I don’t mind telling you. I’ve got the woman, Clayton’s new wife. I’ll make him and her father pay all you robbed me of when you deprived me of Mademoiselle Falloni’s jewels.”
“I suspected that was your game,” said Nick, with seeming indifference.
“You bet it’s my game.”
“Take heed you don’t lose it.”
“Let me alone to do that,” snapped Margate, more sharply. “I’m going to pay you, too, for having sent my good friends to prison. I’ll send you to a closer confinement than they are in.”
“I’ll take your word for it.”
“I knew you were at Langham Manor last night. I knew, too, hang you, that you would instantly take on this case and set to work to trace me. How did you do it so quickly?”
“Oh, it wasn’t very difficult,” said Nick. “Such fellows as you are quite easily traced.”
“Is that so, Carter?”