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At any rate, he is two forms ahead of Penny and me, and has joined the Intellectuals. He has views on the Pre-Raphaelites, Romanticism, and the Housing Question. Maybe, too, I have been very willing for the quarrel to proceed, because he will persist in his collusion with that mystery-man, Freedham.
The message he handed me was in a pencilled scribble, and was in English as follows: "Charles Rabel, Rue de Lalande 163, Montauban. "Important that I should see you. Meet me at Hôtel Luxembourg, Nîmes, without fail, next Monday at noon. The initial "O" stood for Oswald Oswald De Gex! So the mystery-man of Europe contemplated leaving Madrid!
Indeed, what I had just been told was all amazing, and showed De Gex to be a man of outstanding genius. The mystery-man of Europe took good care to inform himself of any person who watched his movements, or sought to inquire into his business. It certainly was a master-stroke to pretend fear of assassination, and compel the police to act as his personal guard.
The effect upon me had been to muddle my brain so that I had accepted those Bank of England notes as bribe to assist the mystery-man of Europe in his foul and mysterious plot. My companion Harry Hambledon was still earning his guineas at Hammersmith Police Court, gradually establishing a reputation.
Was it really possible that the Dutch Baron's death had been due to the machinations of this mystery-man of Europe? The fact that he owed the dead man money would serve as sufficient motive! I did not overlook the deeply-laid plot against myself, one that must have sent me swiftly into my grave had it not been for my providential escape.
He went here and there, the guest of a Cabinet Minister, playing golf with a Leader of the House, or spending a week-end with a Duke, until it seemed that the world of Society had at last prevailed upon the mystery-man of millions to emerge from his shell and take up his position in Mayfair.
Thirdly there was the small but gradually growing group which inclined to think that there was something in Dick's notions and a good deal in his friend's head. A reinforcement came no doubt from the persons who were naturally prone to love the new and took up Quisanté as a welcome change, as something odd, with a flavour of the unknown and just a dash of the mystery-man about him.
The plot by which De Gex had hoped to secure his partner's fortune was indeed worthy the evil ever-scheming mind of the mystery-man of Europe; the man whose unseen influence made itself felt in every great political move on the Continent the man whose hundred agents were ready in secret to do his bidding and perform any dirty work for payment.
So he wrapped it up in another piece of sealskin, and gave it to his eldest son, telling him to hand it down from son to son, along with the name Makitok. So buk has grown to be a large bundle now, and no one understands it, but every one has great reverence for it, and the Makitok now in possession is a great mystery-man, very wise; we always consult him on important matters."
'Oh, you'd want to be a sachem, or a chief, or a mystery-man at least; and we couldn't permit that, cried Kate. 'No; I crave admission as the humblest of your followers. 'Shall we put him to the test, Nina? 'How do you mean? cried the other. 'Make him take a Ribbon oath, or the pledge of a United Irishman. I've copies of both in papa's study.
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