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The Vanished Messenger

CHAPTER IX
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Yet his inability to stir her sometimes maddened him.
"You know who is in this house ?" he asked.

"You know the name of my unknown guest ?" "I know nothing," she replied.

"His presence does not interest me." "Supposing I desire you to know ?" he persisted, leaning a little forward.

"Supposing I tell you that it is your duty to know ?" "Then," she said, "I should tell you that I believe him to be the special envoy from New York to The Hague, or whatever place on the Continent this coming conference is to be held at." "Right, woman!" Mr.Fentolin answered sharply.

"Right! It is the special envoy.


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