“He knows something already,” he says. “He is on guard, and the boy knows it. Then you have to remember that the game, so far, has been to strike in the dark, and run. That is, if you are correct, Skipper, and it is a game, without motive.”
Probably he is right. There would be little chance for him if he attacked the old man; he is too well known to be on bad terms with him. Such a warning, also, might alarm Mr. Bethel to the point of getting rid of him, and after all the only chance we have is to let him go a certain length, and then, with our proofs, call in the police.
But I am very uneasy tonight as I make this entry. I have not Halliday’s easy optimism that he “won’t get away with anything without our knowing it.”
Today is bright and sunny, and I am in a better mood. Edith came dow
