"He told exactly the same story as Prescott."
"I'm surprised to hear it."
"Why?"
"Prescott, in my opinion, told the truth."
"So I believe."
"And Deever's man—I got a glimpse of him—struck me as a liar in the first degree. I took him for a man Deever had hired, in order to hurry up his vengeance on Dr. Jarvis."
"But as they told the same story, and Prescott can have no connection with Deever or the other man, it must be true."
"Right; but the meaning of it—"
Chick paused. Suddenly a flash came from his eyes.
"I have it!" he cried.