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Updated: May 14, 2025
He begged the Chief to see that his real name was not revealed for the disgrace that his execution would bring upon his family. Curiously Prussian attitude of mind, isn't it?" "And what did the Chief say?" "I don't know; but he was mighty short with him, I expect." "And what was Strangwise's real name?" "When he told us that Nur-el-Din was his wife, I knew at once who he was.
The murmur of voices went on in the taproom, but from another part of the house he heard a deep laugh and knew it to be Strangwise's. Trusting to Providence that the roof of the outhouse would be out of sight of the yard door, Desmond swung his right leg over the window-sill and followed it with the other, turning his back on the yard. The next moment he was dangling over the side of the house.
"A very dark affair," he said, blowing out a cloud of smoke and flicking the match into the grate. "You are discreet, I know, Okewood. The Intelligence people had me up this morning... to take my evidence..." Strangwise's surmise about Desmond's discretion was perfectly correct.
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