With a face of the utmost gravity, Stratford translated the entreaty, and the questions which followed it, to Georgia, who was much impressed by the opinion entertained by Abd-ur-Rahim as to her powers and her willingness to use them.
“Has the doctor lady the treaty concealed about her, or has her maid got it?”
“Certainly not.”
“Is it in any of those boxes?”
“No, it is not in any of them.”
“Is it hidden anywhere in the floor or the walls?”
“Nowhere in the floor or the walls.”
“Does the doctor lady know where it is?”
“I refuse to say.”
“Who can trust the words of a woman?” asked one of the officers, rudely. “The doctor lady has it hidden.”