“I will. And will you aid me?”
“I will, if we can do the deed under cover of the darkness. But we dare not shoot him. The alarm would bring a hundred soldiers around us with the speed of the wind.”
“Let us follow him, and see where he goes. We may be able to get him into a corner.”
“You have your dagger?”
“Yes”
“And I have mine; and they are better than firearms, for they raise no alarm.”
“The American may have some money on his person.”
“If so, we can divide it between us. Come, before he gets out of our sight.”
A moment later the two Celestials left the hotel, and, like two shadows, slunk after Gilbert in the fast-gathering darkness.