"It will be hard," answered Kennedy, his face clouded with consternation and a torrid flush of something like shame sweeping over it. "The Dove-Cote is too well guarded."
"The Dove-Cote!" Shagarach was betrayed into an ejaculation of surprise. This was the "Tough-Coat" which Aronson's imperfect articulation had disguised.
"It may be hard, but it is not impossible."
"Not impossible, no."
"Well-known men are seen there at times?"
"Oh, yes."
Kennedy smiles.
"And your escape from prison depends upon my obtaining entrance."
The smile had faded away.
"Why do you wish to be there?"