“Wait here. I may send you instructions.”
These were Nick Carter’s brief instructions to Chick, in fact, when he left his Madison Avenue residence at seven o’clock that evening, to seek an interview with the woman who, he suspected, could supply him with a clue to the identity of Chester Clayton’s double, if not with positive information concerning him.
Danny Maloney, the detective’s chauffeur, was waiting at the curbing with his touring car. Nick gave him the necessary directions, resulting in his alighting half an hour later in front of the attractive home of Mrs. Julia Clayton, who had fainted so suddenly in Mademoiselle Falloni’s suite that morning.
“You may wait, Danny,” said Nick. “I don’t think I shall be very long.”
“Long, or short, chief, you’ll find me here,” replied Danny.
