1/28 He closed the door quietly, bolted and locked it. Then for a space of time the two men stood silent in the darkness, and both listened intently--Ahmed Ismail for the sound of someone stirring in the house, Shere Ali for a quiet secret movement at his elbow. The blackness of the passage gaping as the door opened had roused him to suspicion even while he had been standing in the street. But he had not thought of drawing back. |