"Do you swear you left Aaron Norman alive?"
"Meaning Krill? I do. He wasn't no use to me dead, and I made him give me the jewels Pash had, d'ye see."
"But who warned you of the death when you were waiting?"
Jessop seemed unwilling to speak, but when pressed burst out, "'Twas a measily little kid with ragged clothes and a dirty face."
"Tray," said Hurd. "Hum! I wonder how he knew of the murder before it got into the papers?"
CHAPTER XXI
MISS QIAN'S PARTY