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Nobody but myself in all Russia was familiar with the secrets and the

it, I had

anticipated just such a ency where I would have to depend entirely upon the loyalty of

e of who and what they were, for iven of that organization conveys only

a faint idea of its perfection and cohly under the control of their several heads,

and those heads were all ht even dare to snap reat wasnaave ht,

although there was not a score, all told, who knew me; and those were

every one ihly depend, even in the face of regular police opposition More

than that, I had men within the ranks of the police, even within the

fold of the mysterious and dreaded Third Section

I realized fully the danger toupon the street

at that hour, when I had within so short a time been condemned to death

by the extre the nihilists

They do not dread death the as they accomplish the death

of him who has been condemned, and one who has fallen under the ban of