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“Colonel Christian Semmler The rank he held when you were stationed in South Africa”
“Where did you get the notion that I was stationed in South Africa?”
“Oberst Christian Semmler, as our German friends addressed him”
“I don’t have German friends”
“Lately,” said Archie, “I’ve been dropping mine Semmler has been promoted several tieneral major”
Strone abruptly dropped all pretense of ignorance “Yes, I know”
“He is plotting in America”
“Plotting what?”
“We don’t know”
Strone’s jaw tightened “He is a slippery, nervy bastard He was as cold-blooded an operator as an
y we encountered, harassing our colu our pickets And God help the scouts he waylaid He made the Boers seem sweet as schoolboys”
“Would you recognize him if you saw him?”
“I only saw hireat distance”
“Lillian?” said Archie
Lillian pulled a notebook fro duster and opened it to the sketch of Fritz Wunderlich