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Updated: May 11, 2025
I do not know where she is, but she has been seen at Ostend with the Russian Grand Duke Loris." I hated saying those last words; but I had to say them, for, though I knew Anne Pendennis was lost to me, I felt a deadly jealousy of this Russian, to whom, or with whom she had fled; and I meant to find out all that Von Eckhardt might know about him, and his connection with her.
The blonde giant turned his joyous blue eyes upon her, and paid her a compliment which caused her to bridle, whilst the blood swept like a race-horse in its stride over neck, and cheek, and brow, causing her dainty, girlish face to look prettier than ever. "Ah, little Eckhardt," he whispered, and then murmured something in Dutch.
"No, I knew all that before. As a matter of fact, I warned Carson against that very Society, as I'm warning you. Von Eckhardt merely told me the bare facts, including that about the bit of geranium Carson was clutching. I drew my own inference. Here, you may read his note." He tossed me a half-sheet of thin note-paper, covered on one side with Von Eckhardt's crabbed German script.
I had managed to regain my composure, and have no doubt that Southbourne considered my late agitation was merely the outcome of my natural horror and astonishment at the news of poor Carson's tragic fate. And now I meant to ascertain all he knew or suspected about the affair, without revealing my personal interest in it. "Not they! It came from Von Eckhardt.
It was, as he had said, a mere statement of facts, and I mentally determined to seize an early opportunity of interviewing Von Eckhardt when I arrived at Petersburg. "You needn't have troubled to question me," resumed Southbourne, in his most nonchalant manner. "I meant to tell you the little I know, for your own protection.
They shared rooms at St. Petersburg. "Now why should Von Eckhardt run such a risk?" I asked. "Can't say; wish I could." "Where was he when poor Carson was done for?" "At Wilna, he says; he'd been away for a week." "Did he tell you about this Society, and its red symbol?" "'Pon my soul, you've missed your vocation, Wynn. You ought to have been a barrister!" drawled Southbourne.
"All Americans leaving Berlin must have their passports stamped by the Foreign Office, for which purpose they should apply to GeheimerLegationsrat Dr. Eckhardt at Wilhelmstrasse 76. Americans residing outside of Berlin should ascertain from their respective consular representatives what steps they should take in this regard.
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