He insisted on keeping watch outside
the garden gate while we should draw near and shoot everyone who might
be in the house and recover the letter. He is a coward, and we could
not persuade him.
"So we decided to pretend to do his bidding, and to whisper through the
window to the people within to pass out to the street by some back way
and capture him, after which we would give all our evidence to the
authorities.
"It was while we were looking through the window, seeking to call the
attention of those within for that purpose and no other, that we were
attacked and submitted to much unnecessary violence. That is the whole
truth, as Allah is our witness! We are honest men, who seek to uphold
the law, and we claim the protection of the Government. We are ready to
tell all we know, including the names of those connected with this
plot."
CHAPTER V
"Nobody will know, no bouquets"
There followed a tedious hour or two, during which Grim cross-examined
the three "honest men," and took down lists of names from their
dictation, getting Doctor Ticknor meanwhile to go for the police because
Yussuf Dakmar might still be lurking in the neighbourhood for a chance
to murder Narayan Singh.
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