"Where are they now?" Alan's heart sank. This changed his plans wholly. Was it true?
"They? Who? The girl? She's over there now. They locked her in over there—then they came back."
"Where? When was this?"
"About ten o'clock. I saw them start over here from the laboratory, but then it was time for me to go and let you in."
"They came over here—to the main building?"
"Yes. They're in the doc's rooms, I guess. They're getting ready for something. You'll see. That's what I've been waiting for—they'll be going back over to the laboratory soon."
Alan felt that it was true. There were many things which Charlie had said that fitted into Alan's own beliefs.
"Charlie, can you get us down there?"
"In the courtyard? Yes. Sure I can. Two or three ways. This isn't a jail—you can go where you like if you know the way. I've been almost everywhere, and nobody ever caught me."
They slipped into the dim corridor. A flight of stairs was near at hand. The lower story was wholly dark. Charlie found a cross hall and opened a door.