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He was
there yet, for we could hear him clear his throat once or twice.
"No," replied Kennedy calmly, "he knows nothing about it. I didn't
use any ordinary means to prepare against the experts who have
brought this situation about. That message you heard me send went
out over what we call the 'phantom circuit.'"
"The phantom circuit?" repeated Brixton, chafing at the delay.
"Yes, it seems fantastic at first, I suppose," pursued Kennedy
calmly; "but, after all, it is in accordance with the laws of
electricity. It's no use fretting and fuming, Mr. Brixton. If
Janeff can wait, we'll have to do so, too. Suppose we should start
and this Kronski should change his plans at the last minute? How
would we find it out? By telepathy? Believe me, sir, it is better
to wait here a minute and trust to the phantom circuit than to
mere chance."
"But suppose he should cut the line," I put in.
Kennedy smiled. "I have provided for that, Walter, in the way I
installed the thing. I took good care that we could not be cut off
that way.


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