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three visitors through several rooms into the presence of Baraka.
"This is Mr. McAdams," Hereford announced, "whom I have retained to look after my interests in the matter of the emerald. Herr Schimmel has also been consulted."
The envoy of the Soesoehoenan—a tall and fine-looking man, wearing in the privacy of his room his native embroidered loose jacket, though English trousers took the place of his sarong—showed plainly the effect of twelve hours of perplexity, anxiety and terror. He took a step toward Hereford, his eyes flashing with rage.
"You want" he demanded, controlling himself.
"To see the room," McAdams put in, "and
