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The Devil’s Paw

CHAPTER XX
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Is Freistner honest?
Could he be self-deceived?
Is there any chance that he could be playing into the hands of the Pan-Germans ?" "Fenn is the man who has had most to do with him," Julian remarked.

"I wouldn't trust Fenn a yard, but I believe in Freistner." "So do I," Furley assented, "but is Fenn's report of his promises and the strength of his followers entirely honest ?" "That's the part of the whole thing I don't like," Julian acknowledged.
"Fenn's practically the corner stone of this affair.

It was he who met Freistner in Amsterdam and started these negotiations, and I'm damned if I like Fenn, or trust him.

Did you see the way he looked at Stenson out of the corners of his eyes, like a little ferret?
Stenson was at his best, too.

I never admired the man more." "He certainly kept his head," Furley agreed.


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