Sax Rohmer

“ He listened to Harley with a sort of stupefied expression; then, as if the meaning of the words had suddenly come home to him, he walked out of the room without any comment whatever.
“And you, Van Dean,” said Harley, “would be all the better for a stiff peg. I want to be alone here for ten minutes, uninterrupted. So when you go out, I shall lock the door again. ”

“ Anyone, upon whom it is concentrated, dies. There was no post-mortem in the case of Denby. I managed to prevent it. But in the case of Mohammed Khán, I think we shall find that death was brought about by cerebral hemorrhage. It may interest you to know, Latham, that there is a length of cable running from the base of the pedestal of Káli to the lacquer cabinet. ”