I knew then we were getting to the heart of the affair, and, while I couldn't guess the shoot he would take, I had only to follow to find out.

The moment he put foot in the Treasury Building, I turned wise.

Those visits to the other buildings had been mere 'stalls.' As I followed him through the Treasury I could see that now he was in earnest.
"When the Assistant Secretary showed him the vault that held the gold reserve, I learned all I wanted to learn.

His design and the crime he plotted were written on his face.

Of course as soon as ever I realized that he meant to try his teeth on the Treasury, I had only to run my eye over the year's calendar to tell when.