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Still, this was a safer topic than his previous conversation with Hussein-ul-Mulk, so he persevered gamely. They soon reached the quay. Sir Hubert became almost incoherent with agitation when they passed the Blue-Bell and came into full view of Edith, Jack, Fairholme and Daubeney, who happened to leave the hotel shortly before five o'clock in order to visit the yacht and secure a good cup of tea.
At the exit from the Gare du Nord the stranger had readily enough ascertained Brett's destination, but he clearly regarded it as important that Gaultier the man who claimed Hussein-ul-Mulk as a friend should be tracked, and had given the necessary instructions to the confederate who awaited his arrival.
Before we proceed to business I wish to ask you a few questions." "Certainly," said Brett; "go ahead." "You mentioned to me yesterday that you had no desire to invoke the aid of the police in prosecuting the inquiry which interests you." "Quite right," said Brett. "May I ask if you have adhered to that intention?" "Absolutely." "Well, Mr. Mr." Hussein-ul-Mulk consulted a visiting card "Mr.
It is difficult for an olive-skinned man to turn pale, but Hussein-ul-Mulk did the next most effective thing for one of his race. His face assumed a dirty green shade, and his full red lips whitened.
I suppose you did not chance to see any mention of the fact that Hussein-ul-Mulk, the Sultan's nephew, has recently fled from Turkey, and is now under the protection of the French Government?" "Yes, I noticed that." "You don't seem to miss much," was Gaultier's sharp remark, pausing in his narrative to light a cigar. "One of my few virtues is that I read the newspapers."
The outcome of the blunder is that I am in a fair way towards ascertaining all I want to know about them, whereas, up to the present, they do not even suspect my existence as an active agent in the affair." "Well, now, in what way can I help you regarding Hussein-ul-Mulk?" "Can you introduce me to him?" "In what capacity?" Brett reflected for a moment before replying.
A few minutes before the appointed hour they quitted a fiacre in the vicinity of the Rue Barbette, and at eleven o'clock Brett passed the concierge, whilst Fairholme took up his stand outside. The barrister was received with smiling complacence by Hussein-ul-Mulk.
This naturally puzzled the commissary a good deal, and the affair became still stranger when an attaché from the Turkish Embassy called a little later and urged the police to do all in their power to discover the whereabouts of Hussein-ul-Mulk, as he was particularly anxious to have a friendly talk with him.
But it is quite clear from the drift of their remarks that an emissary from the Sultan had approached Hussein-ul-Mulk, and had offered such terms for the recovery of the diamonds that not only were the Young Turkish party in Paris eager to compromise with him, but they had succeeded in convincing Gros Jean that Dubois also would be likely to accept the proposition." Brett smiled grimly.
"This promises badly," said Brett to himself, but he betrayed not the slightest unwillingness to fall in with the arrangements made for his reception, and lounged back in a comfortable chair so easily that not even the quick-witted Turk suspected that the barrister's hip pocket contained a very serviceable revolver. Hussein-ul-Mulk commenced the conversation.
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