"You have carried out my instructions?" he asked brusquely.

The language he spoke was Arabic, and the other answered him in
that language.

"Everything that you have ordered has been done, Effendi," he said
humbly.

"You have a revolver?"

The man nodded and patted his pocket.

"Loaded?"

"Excellency," asked the other, in surprise, "what is the use of a
revolver, if it is not loaded?"

"You understand, you are not to shoot this man," said Kara. "You
are merely to present the pistol. To make sure, you had better
unload it now."

Wonderingly the man obeyed, and clicked back the ejector.

"I will take the cartridges," said Kara, holding out his hand.

He slipped the little cylinders into his pocket, and after
examining the weapon returned it to its owner.

"You will threaten him," he went on. "Present the revolver
straight at his heart. You need do nothing else."