“He did intend to give it to Ajeeb,” replied Burt.
“Has he changed his mind?”
Burt smiled.
“My friend,” he said, “we seem to have changed positions.”
“How?”
“You have become the inquisitor,” replied Burt.
“Well,” said Barry, drawing in a long breath, “I do not think Ajeeb would murder the man.”
“Only a moment ago you expressed entirely different sentiments.”
“I don’t know that I did.”
“You remarked that these Abyssinians placed little or no value on human life,” remarked the detective.