The four then set out for the house of Macrane, arriving there a little after four in the morning.
They approached the house cautiously, concealing themselves where they could watch it.
A light was burning in the third-story window, which Nick fancied was the window of the room occupied by George Macrane.
As they watched, two men came down the street, and, rapping at the door of the Macrane house, asked for George.
They were told that he had not yet returned home.
Chick’s sharp eyes recognized one of these men as one of those that had opposed their rescue of Ida.
These two men sat down on the lower step of the Macrane house.
“They mean to wait for George Macrane,” said Nick.
They did not wait long, for in ten minutes’ time a man was seen approaching from the opposite direction.
The two men stood up to meet him.