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Rh vously into the room as though his position in the business at hand was not yet wholly clear to himself. He returned Hereford's silent nod and looked at the girl.

"Take him, Farren," she directed.

"You see," Hereford said to her, quietly now, "you were all the time threatening me with arrest. Now that that is made quite plain to us both, may I ask what connection this has with your visit to the Hotel Tonty late last night and the very peculiar conversation you had there with Baraka?"

She started and looked at him intently.

"Then you do appreciate something of your risk since you see that there is a connection between that and this!" she declared sharply. "You must understand that, if Baraka were threatening yesterday and prepared to break into your rooms, since last