"I'll see."
He darted from the parlor and went to the door leading into the first dungeon, into which Dick Waters had been thrust by the woman's command, and crossed it to the wall.
There he found a secret door which he opened and held his dark lantern above his head.
For a little while he saw nothing, and then he made out a human figure on the ground.
"Waters?" he called, but the man did not stir.
Merle went over to the man and threw the bull's-eye light upon his face.
"What means this?" cried Waters, springing up. "She did it, and you know why."
They stood face to face and looked at one another like wild beasts.
"And so do you, man," cried Merle. "He is in league with you, I mean Riggs."
"Prove it."