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"That would have been hard to prove if he had chosen to assert the contrary," Louis remarked. "Vanhallon would have had little enough to say if the money had passed into his hands." "And the Chinese ambassador?" I remarked. "His documents would have been good enough," Louis replied. "He has the ships. He has value for his money. There was no need for Delora to have despaired.
Upstairs Delora lay, with a little blue mark upon his temple! It was the survival of the fittest, this, in crime as well as in the other things of life! I retraced my steps upstairs. The Chinese ambassador, Vanhallon, and Lamartine were deep in conversation in the dead man's sitting-room. I was admitted to their confidence after a few minutes' hesitation.
"I give my word for it that she is ignorant altogether of this scheme. She believed that her uncle was honestly attempting to carry out the plans for which his brother came to Europe, and as for searching for the money amongst her belongings, you might as well fly!" "Where, then," Vanhallon demanded, "has it gone to? He has had so little time." I opened my lips and closed them.
You are Signor Vanhallon, are you not?" he continued. "You must remember me!" The ambassador grasped him by the hand. "My dear Delora," he said, "of course I do! What has been the meaning of all this mystery?" Lamartine stepped quickly forward. "Can't you see what it all means?" he exclaimed. "Ferdinand Delora here arrives in Paris on a secret mission to England.
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