The Clue of the Twisted Candle. Edgar Wallace

are no 'buts,'” replied the other harshly. “You are to carry out my instructions without any question. What will happen then you shall see. I shall be at hand. That I have a reason for this play be assured.”

      “But suppose he shoots?” persisted the other uneasily.

      “He will not shoot,” said Kara easily. “Besides, his revolver is not loaded. Now you may go. You have a long walk before you. You know the way?”

      The man nodded.

      “I have been over it before,” he said confidently.

      Kara returned to the big limousine which had drawn up some distance from the station. He spoke a word or two to the chauffeur in Greek, and the man touched his hat.