Johnny had not told Felix of the Whisperer’s message. Felix had many secrets, why not he?
“I’ll put a phone in at once,” Felix assured him.
“Well, goodnight, then.” Drew Lane and his companions disappeared into the dark, leaving Johnny and Felix standing on the steps of the “House of Magic.”
“Easy to put a phone in,” Felix said. “House is full of wires.”
“And of eyes,” Johnny added.
“Yes—‘House of a Thousand Eyes,’” Felix chuckled. “Want to know about ’em?”
“Do I!”
“Well, watch.” Felix rang the bell. The door opened itself. “An eye did that,” he said quietly. “An electric eye. Step inside.”
Johnny did so. As on that other occasion, the narrow space was filled with a strange light; then he saw skeletons, his own and Felix’s, wavering before him.
“Eye does that,” Felix explained again. “The electric eye and X-ray. Eye turns on the current that starts the X-ray going. Quite a convenience. If your would-be visitors carry hard things like guns or knives, you see them and need not admit them unless you want to.