"We will make an examination at once."
"I thought you'd find out that murder had been done," said Deever. "You'll find out, if you stick to me, that I pretty generally know what I'm talking about."
"That's right," said Haskell.
"Here come your friends," said Chick, who had not spoken up to that time.
Two men were seen coming from St. Nicholas avenue. They carried spades and pickaxes.
Thus reinforced, the party proceeded to scale the wall. Just as they did so, the moon, which had been very bright, was obscured by a heavy cloud.
It was in darkness, then, that they descended into the garden.
But Haskell seemed to be in doubt about the direction to be followed. He started off at once.
They had gone less than a hundred feet when suddenly Haskell shrank back. Deever, who was next to him, ran against him violently.
"What's the matter?" whispered Deever, in an anxious tone.