“He did not speak of the means he intended to apply to effect this end?”
“Not to me. You seem deeply interested in this explorer.”
“I am.”
“Is he your friend?”
“He is my employer.”
“Your employer?” said Barry; “I cannot understand that.”
“He engaged me to find this diamond of which Ajeeb is in search.”
“Have you succeeded?”
“I shall succeed.”
“What disposition does Henry Stolburst intend to make of the stone?”