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Updated: June 4, 2025
He was here in Aix in the persons of Lord Blackadder and his two devoted henchmen, Falfani and Tiler. I had heard the appointment he had given them at the Hôtel Hautecombe, and I cast about me to consider how I might gain some inkling of their intentions.
The answer I despatched at once to Goeschenen was worded as follows: "Declares she is going to Montreux only. Believe untrue. Still think her destination Brieg. Come on there anyhow and await further from me. May be necessary to join forces." We were in accord, Falfani and I, and in communication.
Take my message to those two ladies and say I will have my boy," replied my lord. "Do not try to impose on me, Lord Blackadder. It is the most impudent pretence; you know perfectly well he is not here." "I will not bandy words with you. Go in, you men, both of you, Tiler and Falfani, and seize the child. Force your way in, push that blackguard aside!" he roared in a perfect paroxysm of passion.
Soon they drew nearer, near enough for speech, and the accursed Colonel hailed me. "Why, you cunning fox, so you broke cover and got away all in a moment! Lucky you were seen leaving the train, or we might have overrun the scent and gone on." I did not answer. "Nice morning for a drive, Mr. Falfani, and a long drive," he went on, laughing boisterously.
He quite changed his tone and dropped his aggressive manner. "I believe you are entirely right, Falfani, and cordially agree with your suggestion," he said with great heartiness. "Let it be adopted at once. Take immediate steps, if you please, to set a close watch on this pestilent villain Annesley; keep him continually under your eye."
As I passed along the corridor I caught sight of l'Echelle, whom I considered my man, in close confabulation with Falfani in a quiet corner. They could hardly have seen me, at least l'Echelle made no reference to the fact when he came to me presently and asked if I had any orders for the morning. I answered him sternly: "What was Falfani saying to you just now?
We know how the communication was kept up between the two camps, how Falfani was fooled into believing that he kept close watch over Colonel Annesley through l'Echelle, how the latter told his real master the true news of the progress made by Tiler.
"At any rate, that's well, Falfani," said Lord Blackadder, with a sigh of satisfaction. "But what of your friend Tiler? Thick-headed dolt, unable to keep awake, I suppose." At that moment a shabbily dressed person approached Falfani, touched his hat, and offered him a note, saying: "This must be for you, monsieur. I heard your name " "From Tiler, my lord, aha! This explains."
L'Echelle was well received. Falfani, my friend of the Calais train, believed he had suborned him at Aix, and now hailed his appearance with much satisfaction. L'Echelle might again be most useful; at least, he could lead them to us, and he wisely decided to let Falfani know where we were to be found in Tangier. The fact would surely be discovered without him.
Aren't you afraid you may fall off or get knocked off?" and he raised his hand with an ugly gesture. "We are not alone now in a railway carriage. There are police about, and the Swiss police do not approve of brawling," I replied, with all the dignity I could assume. "Come, Falfani, tell me what you mean to do now," he went on in the same tone. "Your questions are an impertinence.
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