"I shall go and meet him."
"You are a gentleman."
"I trust so."
"I have warned you."
"You have."
"You will not betray me?"
"Not for my life."
"I believe you, and trust all will come out well, but I tell you plainly
you are taking great chances as I am."
"You are?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"In warning you. If it were known that I had warned you it would cost me
my life."
"You are very frank."
"I am."
"Why?"
"Because I fear you will be made the victim of another man."
"The victim of another man?"
"Yes."
"Explain."
"I told you Argetti had a foe."
"Yes."
"He knows that foe is seeking him."
"Yes."
"He has heard of your inquiring for him."
"Yes."
"He associates you with his enemy; if it were his enemy I would utter no
words of warning, but believing you are my friend I warn you."
The detective put two and two together and at once concluded that the
man who had been watching him during the afternoon was the foe of the
so-called Argetti.
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