“I did that only to indicate that we had some motive for visiting the rooms,” she glibly added. “We had a visitor, too, while we were there.”
“Who was that?”
“A chap named Henderson.”
“Henderson?”
“That’s what he said, Amos, and whom do you think he inquired after?”
“Not Nick Carter!” cried Badger, with brows quickly knitting.
“None other.”
“The devil you say! There may be something back of that.”
“Nothing that involves us, I reckon,” declared Vic confidently.