And if anybody tries to interfere at Haifa, or if men get on the train between Haifa and Damascus who look like being accomplices of yours, he's going to murder Ramsden there and then, seize the letter, and make a jump for it! You see, he's one of those mean fellows--a regular dog-in-the-manger; he'd rather get caught by the police and hanged for murder than let anybody else get what he's after.

Oh, believe me, I didn't trust him! I laughed when he made his proposal to me." "Now that is very interesting," said Yussuf Dakmar.

"To tell you the truth I had a little experience with him last night myself.

He came on me by accident in a certain place, and we conversed.

I pretended to agree with him for the sake of appearances, but I formed a very poor opinion of him.