bosatizaix posted an update as looking down at him with a quizzical smile. "It isn'tthe safe you opened in my absence, on one memorable occasion, Mr. Meredith," he said. "As you probably know, I have changed thatsafe, but perhaps you don't feel equal to the task?""On the contrary," said T. X.,calmly, and rising from the chair,"I am going to put your good faith to the test."For answer Kara walked to the door and opened it. "Let me show you the way," he said politely. He passed along the corridor and entered the apartment at the end. The room was a large one and lighted by one big square windowwhich was protected by steel bars. In the grate which was broadand high a huge fire was burning and the temperature of the roomwas unpleasantly close despite the coldness of the day. "That is one of the eccentricities which you, as an Englishman,will never excuse in me," said Kara. Near the foot of the bed, let into, and flush with, the wall, wasa big green door of the safe. "Here you are, Mr. Meredith," said Kara. "All the precioussecrets of Remington Kara are yours for the seeking.""I am afraid I've had my trouble for nothing," said T. X., makingno attempt to use the key. "That is an opinion which I share," said Kara, with a smile. "Curiously enough," said T. X. "I mean just what you mean."He handed the key to Kara. "Won't you open it?" asked the Greek. T. X. shook his head. "The safe as far as I can see is a Magnus, the key which you havebeen kind enough to give me is legibly inscribed upon the handle'Chubb.' My experience as a police officer has taught me thatChubb keys very rarely open Magnus safes.",cheap toms sale;Kara uttered an exclamation of annoyance. "How stupid of me!" he said, "yet now I remember, I sent the keyto my bankers, before I went out of town - I only came back thismorning, you know. I will send for it at once.""Pray don't trouble," murmured T. X. politely. He took from hispocket a little flat leather case and opened it. It contained anumber of steel implements of curious shape which were held inposition by a leather loop along the centre of the case. From oneof these loops he extracted a handle, and deftly fitted somethingthat looked like a steel awl to the socket in the handle. Lookingin wonder, and with no little apprehension, Kara saw that the awlwas bent at the head. "What are you going to do?" he asked, a little alarmed. "I'll show you," said T. X. pleasantly. Very gingerly he inserted the instrument in the small keyhole andturned it cautiously first one way and then the other. There wasa sharp click followed by another. He turned the handle and thedoor of the safe swung open. "Simple, isn't it!" he asked politely. In that second of time Kara's face had undergone a transformation. The eyes which met T. X. Meredith's blazed with an almost insanefury. With aRelated articles:
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