[Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy]@TWC D-Link bookNumber Seventeen CHAPTER XV 18/26
More than that, a Jap was arrested outside my place early this morning." "Mr.Winter said something about it, but he spoke only of Chinamen." "I have Furneaux's authority for the statement that the prisoner is a Jap, and belongs to a society calling itself the 'Sons of Nippon.'" "But confound it, I have no quarrel with Japan.
If anything, I am one of her best friends." "I must get Handyside to propound one of his favorite theories.
He says that a powerful and growing party among our allies in the Far East means to keep China in a condition of anarchy until Japan is prepared, financially and in armament, to take a commanding share in the ultimate settlement.
But, at best, the few Japanese adventurers in league with Wong Li Fu hardly count.
Once he is laid by the heels this feud will evaporate into thin air." "If it doesn't, I must ask the Government to provide safe quarters for my family in the Tower," muttered Forbes, rising and pacing the room in the same thoughtful, care-laden way as he had paced it when Theydon first told him of Edith Lester's end. "You said Wong Li Fu knew that Mrs.Forbes had been rescued from her bonds last night," went on Theydon.
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