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he was there, and thought that ere entirely alone"

"I kneas there the lance at everything in sight whenever I enter an

apart that I do so, if you can

understand the see paradox When we passed the threshold I saw

instantly that one of the curtains did not hang properly, so I seated

myself in a position from which I could keep it in vieice I saw

that it h to satisfy me that

somebody was concealed behind it That is the reason why I rather forced

the conversation in English The rest you know I am convinced that the

man we captured is the victim of circumstances, and I think I can ed the prince, "there ht have been a man behind

every one of the curtains and I would not have thought to suspect it

This service alone, Mr Derrington, is worth all the pay you will draw

from Russia"

"Yes," I replied, "for I believe that the spy will confess to me that

he was sent there with orders to murder the czar"

"My God! And even now there may be others of the same sort in the

palace"