True, none but I and the
Baron knew why the Englishman should sleep so soundly that night, but
it was not meant to kill him. Monsieur Alfieri charged the doctor with
having committed a crime, so Monsieur Haxton's. friends had the affair
fully examined into. It was really an accident. Monsieur le Baron was
exceedingly grieved."
"But he kept the papers?" was Fenshawe's grim comment.
"By the Kaaba, and why not? Here was Monsieur Alfieri trying to hang
him, and all because Madame would not have anything to do with him. You
see, there was every reason why the Hakim Effendi should get the
papers. Monsieur Haxton was fool enough to tell Alfieri something about
them."
"Probably Monsieur Haxton meant to play the part of an honest man."
"It may be. Who knows? Yet it is certain that Alfieri would never have
shared the treasure with Monsieur Haxton If he had known what the
writing was about. On the other hand, Monsieur le Baron told Madame
everything, and he promised me a good share for helping him. When he
went to England he left me to watch Alfieri.
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