"
He took up the telephone.
"East 39951," he said, whilst Soames listened, attentively. Then:--
"Is that Kan-Suh Concessions?" he asked. "Yes--good! Tell Said to bring
the car past the end of the road at a quarter-to-two. That's all."
He hung up the receiver.
"Now, my dear Soames," he said, with a faint return to his old manner,
"you are about to enter upon new duties. I will make your position clear
to you. Whilst you do your work, and keep yourself to yourself, you are
in no danger; but one indiscretion--just one--apart from what it may
mean for others, will mean, for YOU, immediate arrest as accessory to a
murder!"
Soames shuddered, coldly.
"You can rely upon me, Mr. Gianapolis," he protested, "to do absolutely
what you wish--absolutely. I am a ruined man, and I know it--I know it.
My only hope is that you will give me a chance."...
"You shall have every chance, Soames," replied Gianapolis--"every
chance."
XV
CAVE OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON
When the car stopped at the end of a short drive, Soames had not the
slightest idea of his whereabouts. The blinds at the window of the
limousine had been lowered during the whole journey, and now he
descended from the step of the car on to the step of a doorway. He was
in some kind of roofed-in courtyard, only illuminated by the headlamps
of the car.
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