Maybe he can tell more about them than the boys could.

How is it?
You fellows like to see the things ?" West hesitated for just an instant, his eyes turning unconsciously toward Sexton, who had not spoken.

He felt no suspicion, merely a vague doubt as to what this invitation might conceal.

Yet it had all been natural enough, and promised an opportunity for him to learn something more of the place.

An accident might reveal the very discovery he was eagerly seeking.