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THE SURAKARTA
lence now appears the one probably successful means of getting back the emerald."
He inclined his head in acknowledgment. "Since even with your most effective cooperation he was unable to find it in his search of my effects."
"Let us not go into that again," she said. It was the first time she had in any way referred to their expedition to his office. "I learned from you last night that it was a mistake to ask you to avoid danger for your own sake. To repeat now such a request as I made to you at your apartment would simply make you more determined to undergo the danger—particularly as you refuse fully to recognize your risk."
"You, yourself, do not threaten me with Baraka, then?"
"Please do not forget that I am not threat-
