Credo fell back like a man suddenly surprised. He appeared for an instant to lose his breath, but he managed to almost gasp:
"Are you on to that?"
"I am on to the whole scheme and just ready to close in. I tell you there is nothing for you in it, and you're lucky."
"I am?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"You will make a good stake through me."
"What do you want?"
"I want to overhear every word that is spoken here to-night."
"You are dead on to it all?"