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This idea set me thinking of Colin Camber, of Osiris, whom he had described as a black god, and of Isis, whose silver disk now held undisputed sovereignty of the evening sky.
Harley had suffered this odd little interlude in silence but now: "Mr. Camber," he said, rapidly, "I sent you a message by your Chinese servant to the effect that the police would be here within ten minutes to arrest you." "You did, sir," replied Colin Camber, drawing toward him a piece of newspaper upon which rested a dwindling mound of shag. "This is most disturbing, of course.
So calm had been the voyage that I was not troubled by sickness. A dusky pilot came on board, and conned the ship onward through the Narrows, and within a few hours we were securely fastened in the camber at the dockyard. Then came the dispersion.
"And where was Ah Tsong?" "Ah Tsong?" Colin Camber stared uncomprehendingly. "Ah Tsong was in bed." "Oh. Did anything disturb you?" "Yes, the sound of a rifle shot." "You knew it for a rifle shot?" "It was unmistakable." "What did you do?"
There is an alternative: it is that he slipped in whilst Ah Tsong, standing on the landing above, was receiving his mistress's orders. I submit that the alternative is also impossible. We thus eliminate Mr. Camber from the case, as I have already mentioned." "Eliminate eliminate!" cried the Inspector, beginning to recover power of speech. "Do you think you can fuddle me with a mass of words, Mr.
"What?" exclaimed Colin Camber, leaning forward eagerly "the wing of a bat? What kind of bat?" "Of a South American Vampire Bat." The effect of those words was curious. If any doubt respecting Camber's innocence had remained with me at this time I think his expression as he leaned forward across the desk must certainly have removed it.
Camber was a Cuban Creole. Dimly I felt that here was the missing link for which Paul Harley was groping. For it was in Cuba that Colin Camber had met his wife, it was from Cuba that the menace of Bat Wing came. What could it mean? Surely it was more than a coincidence that these two families, both associated with the West Indies, should reside within sight of one another in the Surrey Hills.
"I say I wish to know exactly what you did last night. Answer me." Ah Tseng's face remained quite expressionless, and: "No sabby," he repeated. "Oh, I see," said the Inspector, "This witness refuses to answer at all." "You are wrong," explained Colin Camber, quietly. "Ah Tsong is a Chinaman, and his knowledge of English is very limited. He does not understand you."
"Allow me to remind you that you have no official standing in this case whatever. You are merely a member of the public, nothing more, nothing less." "I am happy to be recognized as a member of that much-misunderstood body." "Ah, well, we shall see. Now, Mr. Camber, your attention, please." He raised his finger impressively.
Mrs. Camber watched him in a way that was pathetic. Camber seemed to be quite composed, although his face was unusually pale. "Now, Mr. Camber," said the Inspector, "I find your answers to the questions which I have put to you very unsatisfactory." "I am sorry," said Colin Camber, quietly. "One moment, Inspector," interrupted Paul Harley, "you have not warned Mr. Camber."
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