Then there was a rap at the door, which made me start, and Niono burst in.
"So you've found your way here," he said. "Feeling pretty fit? That's the ticket! The bride ain't arrived yet, so you've lots of time."
"You've heard nothing from the Home Office yet, I suppose?" I asked.
"Not a word—and, between you and me, I made sure they meant to crab the show. You've the devil's own luck!"
"I have, indeed," I said, with feeling. "Still, we mustn't be too sure—they may stop us yet!"
"They may try it on—but our men have got their instructions. If they did come now, they wouldn't get near the ring till it was all over, so don't you worry yourself about that."
I said everything seemed to have been admirably arranged. "By the way," I added, "where have you put the tiger?"
"Do you mean old Rajah?" he said; and I replied that I did mean old Rajah.
"Why, he's all right—in the cage along with the others—where did you suppose he'd be—loose?"