“Make 'em show us.”

“Suppose you can't make them?”

“I know—you're still thinking about that boy. But we are no nearer him than we were an hour ago.”

“Listen a minute!”

They sat motionless. There was no sound; nothing but the heavy stillness of the night.

Wilson whispered, “Think you heard something?”

“S-sh!”

A key turned softly in the lock. Then the door opened a little way, and against the sky they could see a head. Wilson drew his revolver. Beveridge heard the hammer click, and said quietly, “Don't be a fool, Bert. Put that thing back in your pocket.”

“Are you's in there?” came a voice from the door.

“Yes. Come along.”