"I'm not going to have anything to do with it," said the other, and the colonel smiled.

"Maybe you'll change your mind," he said significantly.

There was a knock at the door and the colonel himself answered it. He took the card from the servant's hand and read:

"Mr. Stafford King,
"Criminal Intelligence Department."

He looked from the card to Pinto, then:

"Show him in."


CHAPTER XI

THE COLONEL AT SCOTLAND YARD