bullet.”
“By the
way, did
you ever
see his
passport?”
“Probably
I did, but
I don’t
remember.
Why?”
Mallinson
laughed.
“I’m
afraid
you’ll
think I
haven’t
exactly
been
minding my
own
business.
Why should
I, anyhow?
Two months
in this
place
ought to
reveal all
our
secrets,
if we have
any. Mind
you, it
was a
sheer
accident,
in the way
it
happened,
and I
haven’t
let slip a
word to
anyone
else, of
course. I
didn’t
think I’d
