I ought to have left one of these gentlemen to watch the quay.
My excuse is that the barge seemed to offer the only probable hiding-place, and there was always the chance that he had gone into the river with the car." "Anyhow, you got him," observed Evans sympathetically, for McCulloch was a valued and trustworthy officer.
"Well, he's here, but Mr.Brodie got him," whereupon Brodie tried not to look sheepish.
Steingall and Clancy arrived before the roundsman had made an end of his experiences, which he had to recount for their benefit.

The two detectives had resumed their ordinary clothing.

They looked tired, but quietly elated, and it was noticeable that Clancy's mercurial spirits seemed to have evaporated.

Those who knew him would have augured from that fact that the chase was reaching its climax, but Curtis and Devar fancied that the little man was thoroughly worn out and pining for rest.

Never had they been more egregiously deceived.