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Ramses, will you address the crowd, since Daoud has got them in the proper frame of mind? Yes, sir, Ramses said. The doctor remained with his patient, and one of the crewmen escorted us to the gangplank. Dress Circle, $1. It's the suspense that's killing me.

Unless something else occurs I believe they will be content to leave the investigation in my hands and those of the police. There were at least two of them, I mused. CHAPTER FOURBy the time we had the luggage sorted out and got it and ourselves across the river, the sun had passed the zenith. Ramses paced up and down, circling groups of squatting Egyptians who were accustomed to such delays and who whiled away the time nibbling on sweetmeats and gossiping.