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Its thefirst clear clue, I said, and I think I ought to follow it up. The key
is there, but to find it is not easy.
And of course we have as yet no word of
any ofthe three hostages.
Tell me, master, can the dominion, once it is
established, beshaken off?
Do you remember once telling me that he had no
vanity? Four times, said Sandy calmly, counting on his fingers.
But there
willprobably be nothing doing till you come back, and I think Ill havea little
fishing.
Judgeof my surprise, then, when I was summoned to Claridges for
nine-thirty that evening. He was looking at me, and seemed to be asking a
question to whichMedina replied.
Itis highly important to have found this
out.
AndMiss Victor may be in a gaiety chorus or a milliners assistant ora girl
in a dancing saloon.
The door was opened, and the servant beckoned us to
enter.
Did no one evertell you that the best way of hiding a person is to strip
him ofhis memory? I could endure the rest, but thethought of him makes me
crazy.
What good is it to wipe outthe past and establish my control if it is
only temporary?
Well, I cant say I sympathise with him, and I most
certainlydont understand him. Im going to disappear into amonastery, I said. He
has his own job, and to let him into mine would wreckboth.
Take all theclothes
youve got, Dick, he added.
I didnot think a son of the West could have
travelled so far and sosoon. Dont go to Germany for a holiday, Dick; itsa sad
country and a comfortless. Then Mary got up and stood over me like a delivering
angel.
Im longing for a quiet life,but I swear I wont settle down again till
Ive got even with him. AndMiss Victor may be in a gaiety chorus or a milliners
assistant ora girl in a dancing saloon.
He wants to conquer in order to
destroy, fordestruction is the finest meat for his vanity.
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