Topside pidgin no good enough, lo!"
His thick, extraordinary long pigtail hanging down his back and
gleaming in the rays of the lantern, he stood, head bowed, watching
Rita Irvin. Because of his position on the floor, Mrs. Irvin was
invisible from Kerry's point of view, but she continued to moan
incessantly, and he knew that she must be unconscious of the
Chinaman's scrutiny.
"Hurry, old fool!" came Mrs. Sin's harsh voice from the outer room.
"In ten minutes Ah Fung will give the signal. Is she dead yet--the
doll-woman?"
"She hate no catchee die," murmured Sin Sin Wa, "She still vella
beautiful--tchee!"
It was at the moment that he spoke these words that Seton Pasha
entered the empty building above and found the spaniel scratching at
the paved floor. So that, as Sin Sin Wa stood looking down at the wan
face of the unfortunate woman who refused to die, the dog above,
excited by Seton's presence, ceased to whine and scratch and began to
bark.
Faintly to the vault the sound of the high-pitched barking penetrated.
Kerry tensed his muscles and groaned impotently feeling his heart
beating like a hammer in his breast. Complete silence reigned in the
outer room. Sin Sin Wa never stirred. Again the dog barked, then:
"Hello, hello!" shrieked the raven shrilly.
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