Twenty-five pairs of oblique eyes gleamed at the four when they entered, but not a word was spoken.
Winter, of course, singled out Li Chang for a parley.
"Now," he said, "tell me just what happened after you and these others went into the two houses in Charlotte Street." The Chinaman faced him imperturbably.

His manner was as unemotional and his words as slow and methodical as if he were selling jute in his East End warehouse.
"We asked to be admitted, and after giving the password and showing the sign there was no difficulty," he said.

"We were in parties of three.

As you probably saw, I headed one, which entered No.410.My friend, Won Lung Foo, led the other.

The ivory skulls made matters simple.