Neither man had anticipated this; neither had the slightest conception that any suspicion of this kind pointed at them.

The direct question was like the sudden explosion of a bomb.

What did Westcott know?
How had he discovered their participation in the affair?
The fact that Westcott unhesitatingly connected Matt Moore with the abduction was in itself alone sufficient evidence that he based his inquiry on actual knowledge.

Enright had totally lost power of speech, positive terror plainly depicted in his eyes, but Lacy belonged to another class of the _genus homo_.

He was a Western type, prepared to bluff to the end.
His first start of surprise ended in a sarcastic smile.
"You have rather got the better of me, Westcott," he said, shrugging his shoulders, as though dismissing the subject.