“At your service, madam!”
Then to the man who had brought the silver:
“Your disguise is admirable, Patsy. Your own mother wouldn’t know you.”
The woman shrieked:
“It is all clear now! We’ve been trapped!”
And, in an excited tone, she added:
“The trap—the trap! There are only two of them! We ought to be able to master them!”
“Only two of us, eh?”
Saying this, Nick drew out and blew a whistle.
With a thunderous crash the front door was carried from its hinges and a full dozen of policemen rushed into the room.