"Nothing," said Jarvis. "I intended simply to leave him there. He would not have been discovered till I had got a good start."
"I believe that you did not intend to injure him," said Nick. "I suppose he might as well get up now."
He uttered a peculiar call. Chick instantly sat up under the sheet. Then he threw it aside, got down from the slab, and advanced toward Nick and Jarvis, removing his gag and bonds as he did so.
Jarvis regarded this performance with wonder.
"You should take some lessons in tying knots," said Nick.
"And now," he continued, "we will take you to my house."
"Arrest me?"
"I would hardly call it by that name, unless you prefer it."
"But I am innocent."
"That question we will pass for the present. There is one link wanting in the chain of evidence against you. I shall supply that link, and then we will see what comes of it."