“Nonsense. If he threatens us, I’ll have Ashah take care of his case.”

“By that you mean——”

“Ashah shall kill him.”

Barry smiled.

“Ajeeb, I’ll give you credit for being shrewd; but you will not be able to overreach Burt Cromwell, mark my words for it.”

“Billy, you are becoming cowardly.”

“This man is a human sleuth-hound, I might say. Nothing but death will arrest his progress, once he starts to unravel a case.”

“Then he shall die.”

“It is easy to say so.”

“As a matter of fact, I have nothing to fear in any case. The detective does not know me, nor has he any clue to work upon.”