Had Whitey Mack gone there?
Had Whitey Mack found that hiding place in the flooring under the oilcloth?
Had Whitey Mack discovered that the Gray Seal was not only Larry the Bat--but Jimmie Dale?
Jimmie Dale swept his hand across his forehead.

It was damp from little clinging beads of moisture.

Should he go to the Sanctuary and change--become Jimmie Dale again?
Was it the safest thing to do--or the most dangerous?
Even if Whitey Mack had been there and discovered the dual personality of Larry the Bat, how would he, Jimmie Dale, know it?
The man would have been crafty enough to have left no sign behind him.
Was it to the Sanctuary that Whitey Mack meant to lead Lannigan that evening--or did Whitey Mack know him as Jimmie Dale, and to make it the more sensational, plan to carry out the coup, say, at the St.James Club?
Whitey Mack and Lannigan were still at Bristol Bob's; he had probably time, if he so elected, to reach the Sanctuary, change, and get away again.

But every minute was priceless now.

What should he do?
Run from the city as he was for cover--or take the gambler's chance?
Whitey Mack knew him as Larry the Bat--it was not certain that Whitey Mack knew him as Jimmie Dale.
He had halted, absorbed, in front of a moving-picture theatre.