“But—nothing?”
“Nothing.”
“Yet I agree with you entirely, Shaik Tsin. I smell treachery.”
“And I.”
“Nogam shall go with me as my bodyservant. Thus I shall be able to keep an eye on him. Let Chou Nu be prepared to accompany us as maid to the girl Sofia. In my absence you will be guided by such further instructions as I may leave with you. These failing, consider the man Sturm, my personal representative. In the contingency you know of, Sturm will warn you in time to clear the house.”
“Of everybody?”
“Of all servants except those whom you may need to guard the man Karslake. These and yourself will be provided with means of self-protection by Sturm.”
“And Karslake?”
“I have not yet made up my mind.”
“Hearing is obedience.”