"Not if you value your life, or believe that I do."
For a moment he challenged my look, but then yielded.
"As you will, of course—now; for all this is your doing;" and with a smile and a sigh he let me have my way.
CHAPTER XVII
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
I had resolved what to do, and I lost no time.
"You are going to trust me in this and do what I wish?" I asked Karl.
"Yes, of course. You have a right to no less. But what does it mean?"
"You heard the noise at the window?"