Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

“ He reached his car just as Ram Singh was lifting Molly into the tonneau, having refused to put her down for one instant from the moment that he had snatched her from the top of the rising safe while the fire was eating through the floor upon which he stood.
But he dropped her abruptly upon the floor of the car as his master touched him on the shoulder.
"Khudda bara hai!" exclaimed Ram Singh emotionally, while tears of joy streamed down his face.
"Yes, God is great," agreed Wentworth, smiling while he slipped unconcernedly into the driver's seat. "But He favors those who help themselves." ”

“ Wentworth approached the safe and began to twist the dial of the combination. He knew that Ram Singh was watching from above but, unfortunately, the addict continued to stand in the doorway, from which position he could not be seen through the hole in the floor above. Wentworth could have called his servant, who would unhesitatingly have dropped through the hole to come to his assistance, but would certainly have received the first bullet from the man's pistol. Although Wentworth could then have fired the next shot and ended the matter, he would not sacrifice his servant to save himself. ”

“ Even so, Wentworth might have attempted it, if it had not been for Molly. If anything happened to him, it was almost certain that she would meet with disaster. Certainly her father would give his life for a crime which had been committed by another man.
"Go ahead!" ordered the man after a pause. "Open the safe if you can do it."
"Hold the lamp by the dial," replied Wentworth, knowing quite well that he could disarm the drug addict with ease if he could get close enough to him. ”