“Do you know,” Johnny asked, “that you in your high tower came near being the end of this young giant?” He nodded toward Spider.
Newton Mills stared in surprise. Then he said, dryly, “A caller should send in his card.”
“But how was it you could see me as well as speak to me?” Grace Krowl asked.
“Television.” Newton Mills smiled afresh. “I’d had a set installed in that room. It’s a rather crude set. But you can see a person well enough to recognize him even now.”
“And that must have been why I could see Iggy the Snake and the stolen bonds back there in the ‘House of Magic,’” Johnny put in.
“Probably was,” Newton Mills agreed.
“Speaking of those bonds,” said Captain Burns, “last night I recovered all but a few of them. Great luck! Fine Christmas present for that closed bank!”
“And for the depositors,” Drew Lane added.
“And now,” said Madame LeClare, appearing in the doorway, “soup’s on!”
“On with the feast!” cried the Captain.