quietly trying the door which Rattray had locked behind him.

“Diablo!” came to my horrified ears) in a soft, vindictive voice.

“I told ye so,” muttered another; “the young swab’s got the key.”

There was a pause, in which it would seem that Joaquin Santos had his ear at the empty keyhole.

“I think he must be slipping,” at last I heard him sigh. “It was not necessary to awaken him in this world. It is a peety.”

“One kick over the lock would do it,” said Harris; “only the young swab’ll hear.”


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with you in this very room, this very night. You still tell the truth sometimes; has that man - that demon - told it for once?”

“It is perfectly true,” said Rattray in a low voice.

“And poor Mr. Cole told you that he knew nothing of your villany?”

“I found out that he knew absolutely nothing - after first thinking otherwise.”


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