“Some one who had a good reason for wanting to know what was being said in here, you may be certain,” the scout told him.
“Vale, he vor shure heardt vot you vos saying apoudt putting somepoty in der blace uff one uff dose vaiters,” the baron reminded.
“Yes, I reckon he must have heard that,” admitted Shepard.
“Which means that we’ll not be able to do it now,” said the scout. “If he was a friend of Gopher Gabe, which seems likely, of course Gabe would be looking for a trick of that kind now, and block it promptly.”
The scout saw that the woman still seemed frightened.
“I was going to make a request of you, and I shall still make it,” he said, “though what has happened may cause you to think the thing will be dangerous. I take it for granted that you want to get even with Tim Benson for killing Ward.”
Her courage seemed to come back with a bound.
“It seems to me,” she said, with her first show of emotion, “that I would be willing to give my life for that!”
“You will not have to give your life, I am sure; yet you will have to assume some risk in doing what I suggest. That is that you rejoin the show company you were with, which is still at the Casino. I think that would put you in a position where you could do some spying on Gopher Gabe’s place to good advantage.”
“That certainly would be at the risk of my life, after what that eavesdropper must have heard,” she told him.