"Now," Burke went on briskly, as the door closed behind the
servant, "where could these men stay out of sight until they're
needed?"
There followed a little discussion which ended in the selection
of a store-room at the end of the passage on the ground floor, on
which one of the library doors opened.
"You see," Burke explained to Gilder, when this matter had been
settled to his satisfaction, and while Cassidy and the other
detectives were out of the library on a tour of inspection, "you
must have things right, when it comes to catching crooks on a
frame-up like this. I had these men come to Number Twenty-six on
the other street, then round the block on the roofs."
Gilder nodded appreciation which was not actually sincere. It
seemed to him that such elaborate manoeuvering was, in truth,
rather absurd.
"And now, Mr. Gilder," the Inspector said energetically, "I'm
going to give you the same tip I gave your man. Go to bed, and
stay there."
"But the boy," Gilder protested. "What about him? He's the one
thing of importance to me.
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