"For what did you come?"
"Gold!"
Rex Britton laughed harshly. "To be picked up anywhere, anyhow!" was his comment. "By man and wife–mostly by the wife!"
His tone, however, changed to a cold, metallic timbre when he asked:
"Who planned this cache game?"
"Simpson."
"Good heavens!–he's here, eh? Still," with another harsh laugh, "I might have known that when your wife was in the vicinity."
Turning to Laurance, he explained: "Simpson is a lawyer–counsel for Morris in the case against me–and an especial friend of Mrs. Morris."
"What does Simpson want?" was his next question to the tool.
"Money," said Morris.