"You have heard."
"It is impossible. This was the man——"
"Bah! You are a sheep's head."
"Sheep's head I am not——"
"Then you are a fool!"
"By the beard of the Prophet—he was in my Harim," muttered the Effendi. "I call you all to witness——"
"I wash my hands of the matter," said Goritz furiously.
"I am within my rights—the Harim——"
"Bah—You have killed a police officer of the Empire!"
"And you?" The Effendi's face was the color of that of the man upon the floor, but his eyes glowed with fear and desperation.