23/26 As chance has brought us together--if it be chance--will you aid us in this, as I think you can, or must we seek other help ?" "I do not know. I will tell you after four days. If you are not satisfied with that, go, denounce me, do your worst, and I will do mine, for which I should be sorry." "Where is the security that you will not do it if we are satisfied ?" asked Wulf bluntly. Still, I tell you that if you go, who, chancing to know Arabic, have learned my secret, you die, and that if you stay you are safe--at least while you are in this house. |