_He's_ back there asleep.
Don't worry. I've got him safely sidetracked."
He jerked his thumb over his shoulder to indicate the narrow passage.
The others looked down that filthy corridor and shuddered.
"What a place!" muttered David Jenison.
"Wot 'as Brad been up to to-night?" demanded Joey.
Without changing his position, Dick Cronk, in as few words as
possible, told them of Braddock's vigil.
"Don't hang around here a minute longer than you have to," he said in
conclusion. "There are a hundred eyes on you right now. You don't see
'em, but they're looking, just the same. I thought you'd be blame'
fools enough to come, so I waited up. Something told me you would go
to Joey's when you left her, kid, and you'd make him come along to
hunt me out. Brad's safe, and he's not going to do anything just yet.
So go home and go to bed. I'll see you to-morrow and we'll arrange for
a time when she can talk with him. She'll see him, won't she?"
"Of course. She is eager to see him. I am to bring him to her as soon
as--"
"We've got to handle him carefully or--" began Dick.
Joey interrupted him.
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