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The Quest of the Sacred Slipper | Sax Rohmer | |
The Hole In The Blind |
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I stepped over to the door, where a constable stood on duty. "You observed a tall Eastern gentleman in the room a while ago, officer?" "I did, sir." "How long is he gone?" The man started and began to peer about anxiously. "That's a funny thing, sir," he said. "I was keeping my eyes specially upon him. I noticed him hovering around while Mr. Mostyn was speaking; but although I could have sworn he hadn't passed out, he's gone!" "You didn't notice his departure, then?" "I'm sorry to say I didn't, sir." The man clearly was perplexed, but I found small matter for wonder in the episode. I had more than suspected the stranger to be a spy of Hassan's, and members of that strange company were elusive as will-o'-the-wisps. Bristol, at the far end of the room, was signalling to me. I walked back and joined him. "Come over here," he said, in a low voice, "and pretend to examine these things." He glanced significantly to his left. Following the glance, my eyes fell upon the lean American; he was peering into the receptacle which held the holy slipper. Bristol led me across the room, and we both faced the wall and bent over a glass case. Some yellow newspaper cuttings describing its contents hung above it, and these we pretended to read. "Did you notice that man I glanced at?" "Yes." |
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