[The Midnight Passenger by Richard Henry Savage]@TWC D-Link bookThe Midnight Passenger CHAPTER VIII 22/41
Don't mind her babblings!" He touched his forehead significantly. He had already carefully bestowed his valise of treasure under the cosy lounge berth by the great portholes, and his rugs and wraps covered it. Leaving the ox-eyed woman there on watch, Fritz Braun hastened to join the steward, an old friend of the days of the pharmacy and its secret international smuggling trade.
He had tossed his false beard overboard and tied a sea-cap with ear-flaps upon his head. "Just as well to drop 'Fritz Braun' forever now," he laughed.
"'Mr. August Meyer' has his passports in his pockets! So, here's for a new life.
I am born to a new name and safe, even in Germany." It was only when Sandy Hook light was far astern that August Meyer gave up the wild potations which even astounded Heinrichs.
"One doesn't go away on a vacation every day," joyfully cried August Meyer.
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