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The two men at the top of the room had their heads close together and appeared to be deeply engrossed in some absorbing topic that rendered them oblivious to what was going on around. Then the man with the sinister smile and the slightly hooked, Semitic nose, turned to Zambra with a smile on his face.
"Now," he said. "Tell me all about it. We could not go into the matter the other night when I followed you into that swell gambling-joint of yours. And anyhow, I have been too busy since to follow up the business of the King Diamond. Now, where is that little bit of glass at the present moment?"