15/24 We explained to the door-keepers that we had just arrived from China, and brought messages of great urgency. Once inside, we gagged and bound the door-keepers. 412, where we knew that Wong Li Fu would be smoking opium with the remaining fourteen." "Were there seventeen in the gang, all told ?" broke in Furneaux. The rest are--paid men--of no account." "Queer," muttered Furneaux, almost to himself. |