“Deth,” said the explorer, after a pause, “do you like to see me suffer?”

“I have seen men killed.”

“Why does not Ajeeb kill me?”

“He has his reasons.”

“How can I give him that accursed diamond when I haven’t got it?”

“Do you speak the truth?”

“Have I not told you a hundred times that the stone was stolen from me?”

“It is very unfortunate.”

“What can I do? Come, won’t you listen to my offer again?”

Deth shook his head. Henry Stolburst was in despair.