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The Great Impersonation

CHAPTER V
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"Three times a week for many months I have been drumming the fact into the handful of wooden-headed Englishmen who have deigned to come to our meetings.

I have made myself a nuisance to the House of Lords and the Press.

It is a terrible thing to realise how hard it is to make an Englishman reflect, so long as he is making money and having a good time .-- You are just back from Africa, Everard ?" "Within a week, sir." "Did you see anything of the Germans out there?
Were you anywhere near their Colony ?" "I have been in touch with them for some years," Dominey replied.
"Most interesting!" his questioner exclaimed.

"You may be of service to us, Everard.

You may, indeed! Now tell me, isn't it true that they have secret agents out there, trying to provoke unsettlement and disquiet amongst the Boers?
Isn't it true that they apprehend a war with England before very long and are determined to stir up the Colony against us ?" "I am very sorry," Dominey replied, "but I am not a politician in any shape or form.


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