“To stop the train!” I exclaim.
“And steal the treasure they are sending to Pekin!” says Caterna.
“There is no doubt about that,” says Popof. “Be ready to repulse an attack.”
“Is it Ki-Tsang and his gang that we have to do with?” I asked.
Ki-Tsang! The name spread among the passengers and caused inexpressible terror.
The major said to me in a low voice: “Why Ki-Tsang? Why not my lord Faruskiar?”
“He—the manager of the Transasiatic?”
“If it is true that the company had to take several of these robber chiefs into its confidence to assure the safety of the trains—”
“I will never believe that, major.”
“As you please, Monsieur Bombarnac. But assuredly Faruskiar knew that this pretended mortuary van contained millions.”