"Well?" he echoed. "By the way, I promised to report progress to Raney; and I never did. I don't see what we can say at present. We've got to clear this up before he comes down."
"What do you think?" I asked.
George hesitated.
"The fact of the fellow's coming here at all——" he began slowly.
I nodded.
"We must wait till we can question him direct," he went on evasively.
"But, if we're right, he mustn't know," I put in.
"Till everyone knows," sighed George.
Beresford stirred restlessly, and the sound of a moan silenced us.
"If—" George began again in a whisper. I nodded. "God above! if we hadn't managed to pull him off in time!"