'
'Blackmail, schelm! What are you talking about? Don't I tell you that by
his sentence your father has forfeited all right to any landed property
under the Turkish Government?'
'Yes, but that country won't be Turkish any more after the war. And then
my younger brother, who is at school at home, will inherit. No, we are not
going to cut him out and leave him penniless. Do your worst, Henkel.'
Henkel's great coarse face went livid. He burst into a storm of savage
profanity.
'Enough!' he cried at last. 'You have brought your fate upon yourselves.
You have sealed your own death warrant. You shall be shot within an hour,
and as for your father, he shall be taken to Gallipoli within the week,
and if he survives the fire of your own warships, I shall find other
means of dealing with him.'
He rushed out, slamming the door behind him.
'Got his monkey up pretty thoroughly,' said Roy with a laugh. Then seeing
how grave Ken's face was.
'Don't worry, dear chap. You couldn't possibly have done anything else.
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