"I will take the cartridges," said Kara, holding out his hand.
He slipped the little cylinders into his pocket, and afterexamining the weapon returned it to its owner.
"You will threaten him," he went on. "Present the revolverstraight at his heart. You need do nothing else."The man shuffled uneasily.
"I will do as you say, Effendi," he 'said. "But - ""There are no 'buts,homepage,' " replied the other harshly. "You are tocarry out my instructions without any question. What will happenthen you shall see. I shall be at hand. That I have a reason forthis play be assured.""But suppose he shoots?" persisted the other uneasily.
"He will not shoot,ugg bailey button triplet 1873 boots," said Kara easily. "Besides, his revolver isnot loaded. Now you may go. You have a long walk before you.
You know the way?"The man nodded.
"I have been over it before," he said confidently.
Kara returned to the big limousine which had drawn up somedistance from the station. He spoke a word or two to thechauffeur in Greek, and the man touched his hat.
Chapter 2
Assistant Commissioner of Police T,link. X. Meredith did not occupyoffices in New Scotland Yard. It is the peculiarity of publicoffices that they are planned with the idea of supplying themargin of space above all requirements and that on theircompletion they are found wholly inadequate to house the variousdepartments which mysteriously come into progress coincident withthe building operations.
"T. X.," as he was known by the police forces of the world, had abig suite of offices in Whitehall. The house was an old onefacing the Board of Trade and the inscription on the ancient doortold passers-by that this was the "Public Prosecutor, SpecialBranch."The duties of T. X. were multifarious. People said of him - andlike most public gossip,shox torch 2, this was probably untrue - that he wasthe head of the "illegal" department of Scotland Yard. If bychance you lost the keys of your safe, T. X. could supply you (sopopular rumour ran) with a burglar who would open that safe inhalf an hour.
If there dwelt in England a notorious individual against whom thepolice could collect no scintilla of evidence to justify aprosecution, and if it was necessary for the good of the communitythat that person should be deported, it was T. X. who arrested theobnoxious person, hustled him into a cab and did not loose hishold upon his victim until he had landed him on the indignantshores of an otherwise friendly power.
It is very certain that when the minister of a tiny power whichshall be nameless was suddenly recalled by his government andbrought to trial in his native land for putting into circulationspurious bonds, it was somebody from the department which T. X.
controlled, who burgled His Excellency's house, burnt the locksfrom his safe and secured the necessary incriminating evidence.
I say it is fairly certain and here I am merely voicing theopinion of very knowledgeable people indeed, heads of publicdepartments who speak behind their hands, mysteriousunder-secretaries of state who discuss things in whispers in theremote corners of their clubrooms and the more frank views ofAmerican correspondents who had no hesitation in putting thoseviews into print for the benefit of their readers.
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