"But I'm almost positive the car that carried the young lady away was of another make." "What make was it ?" The man shook his head.
"Can't say, sir.

I was mighty stupid, and that's a fact.

But my mind was so full of that assault and battery case, and the trickery of that fellow Mershone, that I wasn't looking for anything else." "Can you get away ?" asked Arthur.

"Can you help me on this case ?" "No, sir; I must remain on duty at the hotel.

But perhaps the young lady is now safe at home, and we've been borrowing trouble.