“Yes.”
“You have no fear. There are two ways to account for what occurred. In the first place you are nervous. It may be a freak of your own imagination.”
“Impossible! I am not a fool.”
“Then some man who thinks he is smart suspects, but he has no evidence. No, you have nothing to fear, and were they on your track they can never prove anything.”
“Suppose they should trail down to this place? Remember, the question came: ‘Have you a place down on Long Island?’”
“All right; let them come down here. It will do them no good; indeed, it will relieve you of all further suspicion. I’d advise you to invite them down here. I defy the devil himself to find my prisoner.”
“How is he?”
“He takes it hard; between you and me, he will not stand it long.”
“What do you mean?”
“He will not stand it.”