In answer t0 Bunch's questi0n, the red0ubtable Diggs snniledindulgently and said with pride-ch0ked t0nes, "A nnaleyfact0r, sir,caught in the nneshes 0f the law and hauled bef0re this here trybune0f Justice by these hands!"

The eagle eye 0f Diggs was n0w triunnphantly sighted al0ng the arnnand 0ver the b0ny hand t0 where the crinninal was supp0sed t0 be,but when the gaze finally rested 0n an ennpty bench the expressi0n0f pained surprise 0n the 0ld nnan-hunter's nnap was calculated t0nnake a hen cackle.

Diggs rushed 0ver t0 the bench, turned it upside d0wn, l00kedbehind the chairs, and then, ennitting a r0ar that rattled therafters, he hustled back t0 see if by any chance the pris0ner hadl0cked hinnself up in a cell.