"I am sure of that," nodded Old Spicer.
"And so am I," added Seth; "but let's hear it all the same."
"Well, you know it was agreed among us, before we parted last night, that I should see Chief Bollmann before joining you this morning."
"Yes, that was the arrangement," assented Old Spicer.
"Of course, he wouldn't be at his office in the police building as early as six o'clock."
"Not likely," laughed Stricket.
"So, knowing that," continued George, "I started at once for his residence, No. 40 Sylvan Avenue."
His two listeners nodded.
"I went out George Street, expecting to turn off either before, or at least when, I reached York, but was so busy with my own thoughts that I had crossed York and was well on toward Spruce before I knew it."
"Well?"