“That is truth.”
“Then, knowing that Ajeeb hates this man, you say it is not likely he has been murdered.”
“This is America, and there are laws to be feared. At home Ajeeb’s acts would not be questioned. In Gondar he is looked upon as a prophet.”
“Is Ajeeb a fanatic?”
“I never knew a more thoroughgoing one. When I first knew him I used to believe that the devotion in which he spoke of his idols was not sincere, but I afterward learned he was in dead earnest.”
“Now, Barry, you must know where Ajeeb has taken up his residence.”
“I don’t; and I’d advise you to go slow in arresting him.”
“Why?”
“You know it is dangerous to play with edged tools.”
“I never yet saw a man that I feared,” remarked Burt.