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A Knight of the White Cross

CHAPTER X
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I think we cannot do better than employ Ahmet on this business, as he already knows that Sir Gervaise is masquerading there.
We will have William Neave up here presently.

Tell him that for certain reasons we wish Ahmet to pass the night for the present in the prison, and arrange with him on what excuse we can best bestow him there without exciting suspicion.

At any rate, Sir Gervaise, that is our affair." He went to a closet and took out a white mantle, tore a strip off the bottom, and gave it to Gervaise.
"It would be best not to keep you here any longer," he said, "so renew your stain while I speak.

As soon as you learn the details of the plot, you will drop this out from the loophole on the right hand side of the door; that is to say, the one on your right, standing inside.

If the affair is not to come off at once, it were best for you to proceed as before.


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