They replied by a chorus of negatives.
"It is likely, then, that he will go there," said Nick; "unless he stops to recall the fact that you, Dumont, are a prisoner, and are likely to betray him. Where is there another place that he might go?"
"I only know of one."
"Where is that?"
"To the Japanese legation."
"Do you think he would dare go there, under the circumstances?"
"I don't know. When he is frightened he does desperate things- and he is a coward. But I hardly think that the ambassador would consent to receive him. I happen to know that he is not on good terms with the ambassador."
"Perhaps the ambassador doesn't of Mustushimi's methods."
"I know that he does not."
"Then it is not likely that he has attempted to go there. I think we will look for him at the house in D Street. Now, Dumont?"