Lester was suffering intense pain
from the terrible bruise on his head at the base of the brain, but he
set his teeth hard together, determining that his mortal foe should not
know it.
"Ah!" exclaimed Kendale, sneeringly. "Wide awake, I see!--probably the
fixed habit of years. You have, no doubt, come to a more sensible frame
of mind than I left you in last night, I trust, regarding the
information I want concerning the combination of the big safe in the
private office of Marsh & Co."
"I will never reveal it to you," cried Lester. "Never!"
For an instant a black, malignant scowl swept over Kendale's face, but
after a moment's deep thought he turned on his heel again, laughing
immoderately as he stepped to the door and held a low conversation with
the two men who were still in the outer apartment, and in a trice they
had joined Kendale, one of them still wearing the black mask which he
had used the night before.
"We will proceed to relieve him of his private papers, keys, wallet, and
so forth," said Kendale; and, as if in compliance with some previously
arranged plan, the three set upon Lester, and in his almost helpless
condition it was not difficult to overpower him and take from him his
possessions, which Kendale quickly took charge of.
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