“Burt Cromwell will not be long in discovering a clue, take my word for it.”
Ajeeb smiled depreciatingly.
“You exalt this man’s gifts to a ridiculous point,” he said.
“My friend,” remarked Barry, “you know I am not a coward.”
“I admit that.”
“In a personal encounter I have never yet met a man able to best me, but I will confess I am afraid of this man. Why, I do not know.”
The high priest believed his friend to be a very brave fellow. That made the fear Barry expressed all the more impressive.
“This detective, you say, is brave?”
“Yes, and shrewd.”
“I am sorry.”