He put it carefully aside,
resolved to defer the attempt till night. Something forbade him to draw her toward him and seal the compact with a kiss. Before he forced an entrance, Jack tried it, and, to his great surprise and delight,
found it unfastened. But, being pushed
forward by his subordinate officer, he was compelled to make a stand. A new restlessness seemed to have stolen in upon her. CHAPTER XVI
Ah cum began to worry. “Then I don’t take this as final. . I wouldn't
trust a Malay, not if he were reared in the Vatican. ’
‘In that case, I ought to warn you that my friend, Captain Hilary Roding, who
is even less sympathique than myself, you remember, will undoubtedly arrest
you for murder. The great ordeal—that which she had most dreaded—had proved to be no ordeal
at all. What is it that you wish from me? You would like to arrest me for spying?
Very well, arrest me. “You are very kind,” she said hesitatingly, “but I don’t remember—I don’t think
that I know you, do I?”
“I am afraid that you do not,” he admitted, with a smile which he meant to be
encouraging. Promise me one thing before I leave you. "I don't see why I should be obliged to pay for doing
my duty.
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