Rashid was warned and presumably supplied with sufficient
funds to enable him to leave the country.
"Well, the woman met her deserts, no doubt at the hands of Sin Sin Wa.
Kerry is sure of this. And Sin Sin Wa escaped, taking with him an
enormous sum of ready money. He was the true genius of the enterprise.
No one, his wife and Mareno excepted--we know of no other--suspected
that the real Sin Sin Wa was clean-shaven, possessed two eyes, and no
pigtail! A wonderfully clever man!"
The native servant appeared to announce that dinner was served;
African dusk drew its swift curtain over the desert, and a gun spoke
sharply from the Citadel. In silence the party watched the deepening
velvet of the sky, witnessing the birth of a million stars, and in
silence they entered the gaily lighted dining-room.
Seton Pasha moved one of the lights so as to illuminate a small oil
painting which hung above the sideboard. It represented the head and
shoulders of a savage-looking red man, his hair close-cropped like
that of a pugilist, and his moustache trimmed in such a fashion that a
row of large, fierce teeth were revealed in an expression which might
have been meant for a smile. A pair of intolerant steel-blue eyes
looked squarely out at the spectator.
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