“How many people are there in this house,” asked Burt, “besides Ajeeb and Barry?”
“I saw no one, now that Deth is dead, except Ashah.”
“I guess we can manage him.”
“You will surely not enter that den alone?” remarked Cook.
“Why not?”
“The odds against you will be too great, and you may lose your life.”
“Where is this house?”
Enoch told him.
“That arch-devil Ajeeb,” said Burt, “has chosen an aristocratic neighborhood for his residence.”
“The high priest has an unlimited supply of money.”