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Michael's incursion into the conversation had proved rather a powerful distraction to her ordinarily sound bridge-craft. Ada Spelvexit emptied her purse of several gold pieces and infused a corresponding degree of superiority into her manner. "I must be going now," she announced; "I'm dining early. I have to give an address to some charwomen afterwards."
The English had confidential agents in all the shipping offices, whose services had for the most part been acquired by bribery. At various times attempts were made to break into Herr Albert's office, to learn the combination for opening his safe, to get hold of papers through the charwomen and other employees, and even to rob him personally of papers.
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