"In the Straits Settlements."
The doctor experienced a feeling of intense pleasure on hearing Barclay was in so remote a spot.
"It'll be difficult for you to get hold of him there," he remarked, trying to keep out of his voice the relief he was feeling.
"He won't stay there for ever. I've waited eleven years for my vengeance. I can go on waiting a little longer, until Fate thinks well to place him in a more accessible position."
With a savage expression Le Breton turned to a desk. Sitting down, he wrote to his agents telling them to keep him informed of George Barclay's movements.
PART II
CHAPTER I
The harem in the palace of El-Ammeh led into a large hall with carved doors and tiny arabesque windows, fretted and scrolled, with no one spot big enough to squeeze more than a hand through.
Generally speaking, the women of the harem preferred the large hall, where they could gossip among themselves and with their attendant women, to the little rooms that were their own private quarters.