Tab gasped.
“You’re not joking?”
“I am not joking,” said Yeh Ling quietly. “I repeat I know the murderer. He has been within reach of me many times.”
“Is he a c******n?”
“I repeat he has been within reach of me many times,” said Yeh Ling, “but there are reasons why I should not betray him. There are many reasons why I should kill him,” he added reflectively. “You are going to see Miss Ardfern?” He changed the subject abruptly. “Do not go there in the afternoons, or if you do, approach from the front of the house. Miss Ardfern is taking lessons in revolver shooting and one of my men, who has been watching the house from the lower meadows, has had several narrow escapes.”
Tab laughed and offered his hand.
“You are a strange man, Yeh Ling,” he said, “and I don’t know what to make of you
