Edgar Wallace

“ T. X. smiled.
"You understand, of course, that I saw 'Hussein Effendi of Durazzo' inscribed in Arabic near the hilt."
The Turk inclined his head.
"With this weapon," T. X. went on, speaking with slow emphasis, "a murder was committed in this town."
There was no sign of interest or astonishment, or indeed of any emotion whatever.
"It is the will of God," he said calmly; "these things happen even in a great city like London."
"It was your knife," suggested T. X.
"But my hand was in Durazzo, Effendi," said the Turk. ”

“ I have traded fairly with Greeks, with Italians, with Frenchmen and with Englishmen, also with Jews. I have never sought to rob them nor to hurt them. If I have killed men, God knows it was not because I desired their death, but because their lives were dangerous to me and to mine. ”

“ He is determined on giving this lecture and he has issued a number of invitations. These include the Chiefs of the Secret Police of nearly all the civilized countries of the world. O'Grady is on his way from America, he wirelessed me this morning to that effect. Even the Chief of the Russian police has accepted the invitation, because, as you know, this murder has excited a great deal of interest in police circles everywhere. John Lexman is not only going to deliver this lecture," he said slowly, "but he is going to tell us who committed the murder and how it was committed." ”