"
Paul Harley fixed his gaze upon the dark, aquiline face.
"In short," he said, "do you really suspect that it was M'kombo whose
shadow you saw upon the lawn, who a month ago made a midnight entrance
into Cray's Folly, and who recently pinned a bat wing to the door?"
Colonel Menendez seemed somewhat taken aback by this direct question.
"I cannot believe it," he confessed.
"Do you believe that this order or religion of Voodooism has any
existence outside those places where African negroes or descendents of
negroes are settled?"
"I should not have been prepared to believe it, Mr. Harley, prior to my
experiences in Washington and elsewhere."
"Then you do believe that there are representatives of this cult to be
met with in Europe and America?"
"I should have been prepared to believe it possible in America, for in
America there are many negroes, but in England----"
Again he shrugged his shoulders.
"I would remind you," said Harley, quietly, "that there are also quite
a number of negroes in England. If you seriously believe Voodoo to
follow negro migration, I can see no objection to assuming it to be a
universal cult.
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