"From Chick," he said aside to Nick. "He and Jarvis are waiting. What do you say?"
"Let them come in," said Nick.
They were admitted. Chick, as the reader is prepared to learn, appeared as the exact counterpart of Nick.
Deever was struck dumb with astonishment at the sight, and the doctor's eyes nearly fell out of his head.
Byrnes smiled, and muttered "clever."
"Which of these two men do you complain of, Mr. Deever?" he asked, enjoying the man's mystification.
But Deever did not reply, except to mutter something about the interference of the devil in earthly affairs.
Dr. Jarvis, with some effort, recovered some portion of his composure.
"Well, sir," said the superintendent, addressing him, "I suppose that you have something to say to me."
"I have, sir," replied Jarvis; "and no man could be charged with a more painful disclosure."