There was a sealed document in this pocket-book.

Where is it?
What have you done with it ?" "Can you tell me," Laverick asked, "why I should answer questions from a person whom I discover apparently engaged in a nefarious attempt at burglary ?" The man's hand shot out from his trouser-pocket, and Laverick looked into the gleaming muzzle of a revolver.
"Because if you don't, you die," was the quick reply.

"Whether you've read that document or not, I want it.

If you've read it, you know the sort of men you've got to deal with.

If you haven't, take my word for it that we waste no time.