“You’re going to allow them to open the safe?”
“Exactly,” said Leon. “I particularly wish that safe to be opened, and since Mr. Lee demurs, I think this is the best method. I had that in my mind all the time. Have you seen the safe, George? I have. Nobody but an expert could smash it. I have no tools. I did not provide against such a contingency, and I have scruples. Our friends have the tools—and no scruples!”
“And the snake—is there any danger?”
Leon snapped his fingers.
“The snake has struck for the night, and will strike no more! As for Gurther——”
“He owes you something.”
Leon sent another ring up and did not speak until it broke on the ceiling.
“Gurther is dead,” he said simply. “He has been lying on the lawn in front of the house for the past ten minutes.”
| Chapter XVII | Written in Braille |
LEON briefly related the scene he had witnessed from the balcony.