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Updated: June 19, 2025
He wears a jubilant air, and slaps the grave John on the back. "I've got her, Jack," he cries. "It's been hard work, I can tell you: sounding suspicious old dowagers, bribing confidential servants, fishing for information among friends of the family. By Jove, I shall be able to join the Duke's staff as spy-in-chief to His Majesty's entire forces after this!"
"All this is scarcely plausible," he remarked, "especially after the assurance of your complicity, which I have received." "Ah!" said he; "and from whom? From your spy-in-chief, no doubt that rascal Chupin. It surprises me to see that you can hesitate for a moment between the word of your son and the stories of such a wretch." "Do not speak ill of Chupin, Marquis; he is a very useful man.
When you return to the castle, repeat to Count Kostia certain words that I have allowed to escape me to-day. It will give him infinite pleasure. Perhaps he will make you his spy-in-chief, and without asking it, he may double your salary. The most profitable trade in the world is burning candles on the devil's shrine. You will do wonders in it, as well as others."
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