"From that day we have watched him--we, the Six.

We have watched him and his friend--the dog who has dared to desecrate the name of Precursor.

We have watched them night and day; we have seen them, listened to them hour after hour, while they believed themselves unobserved-- ?" "And what do you know?
What have you learned ?" There was a strange faintness in the tone of her voice.
"Everything.

Only yesterday we touched the key-stone of their scheme.
To-night--this very night--they have planned an escape.

They will attend as usual in the Place; they will fool us as they have fooled us before; and then, when the house is quiet--when the Six are at rest, exhausted by prayer and meditation--they will accomplish their vile work.