Part 22 (2/2)
”I do not wish him to suspect that I have betrayed him. I must have time to prepare him for the meeting with you.”
”That is all right.”
”And now let me tell you something: these are very desperate men; you must secure aid.”
”Oh, certainly.”
”I want you to select the men who will aid you. We must not make a mistake. You must have men with you when you make the raid on the place.”
”I certainly will.”
”Will you introduce them to me?”
”Why should I introduce them to you?”
”I wish to know them, so I can arrange for my brother's safety.”
”Oh, I see; well, in good time you shall meet them.”
”We must go slow and sure in this matter.”
”Oh, certainly, and you are becoming quite a detective.”
”I am working for my brother's safety--his salvation. I am willing to brave almost everything to save him.”
”We will save him.”
”By to-morrow I will arrange for my brother to have a meeting with some of those men with whom he is a.s.sociated, and I will arrange that you shall be hidden in a place from where you can overhear everything that is said. You will secure considerable information. You will know how to use it. Yes, we will move slowly, but surely. There must be no mistake made, no failure, or it will cost my brother's life, and I also may become their victim.”
”Very well, you can depend upon me.”
”I have your confidence?”
”Yes.”
”Can we not arrange signals between us?”
”Certainly.”
”I am going to start in as a regular detective in this affair, and at any moment I may want to signal to you; yes, warn you in case anything appears to be going wrong at a critical moment.”
”I am delighted to work with one as shrewd and thoughtful as you are,”
said Oscar.
”Can you not come to my home to-morrow?”
”I fear I will not have time.”
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