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"Do you wish to wreck me as well as yourself?" "The police have posted a man opposite Kwee's house. I cannot get out that way." "There was no one there when the boy was brought in." "No, but there is now. Father!" He took a step forward. "I'm trapped. They sha'n't take me. You won't let them take me?"
He did not reckon on the mummy case being overturned, and Kwee's part was to remove the plug with the aid of the string after Sir Lionel had been suffocated. The gas, I take it, is heavier than air." "Chlorine gas has a specific gravity of 2.470," I said; "two and a half times heavier than air. You can pour it from jar to jar like a liquid if you are wearing a chemist's mask.
"Go," commanded his father. "Remain at Kwee's house until I send for you. Let Ah Fang go to the room above and see that the woman is silent. An outcry would ruin our last chance." Lou Chada raised his hands, brushing the hair back from his wet forehead, then, staring haggardly at his father, turned and ran from the room. A minute later Kerry was ushered in by the Chinese servant.
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