An hour had elapsed since Edwards had taken his departure.
Nick looked at his watch, and suggested that perhaps the man had not found Wright at home, and had been looking him up.
As he said this, the door opened, and Edwards, accompanied by two men, entered the room.
The second man was the doctor that Nick had left Inspector Ward with.
“I am delighted to see you, Mr. Jack Weeden,” the inspector said, as soon as he got a good look at the man standing by Edwards’ side.
“Shut that door, and allow no one to leave the room, unless I tell you so,” and as he said so, he advanced toward the man that he had called Jack Weeden.
CHAPTER XLVII.
ALMOST EXPOSED.
The scene was a dramatic one.
On the face of the supposed automobile repairer there was depicted amazement mingled with terror.
His face was ashen, his hands trembled, and he tried to speak, but his tongue stuck to the roof of his mouth.