[The Powers and Maxine by Charles Norris Williamson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Powers and Maxine CHAPTER II 18/24
Apparently she doesn't know how much he has found out, or whether he has actually found out anything at all, or merely guesses, and 'bluffs.' But one thing is unfortunately certain, I believe.
Every boat and every train between London and Paris will be watched more closely than usual for the next day or two.
Any known or suspected agent wouldn't get through unchallenged.
But I can see no reason why you should not." "Nor I," answered Ivor, laughing a little.
"I think I could make some trouble for anyone who tried to stop me." "Caution above all! Remember you're in training for a diplomatic career, what? If you should lose the packet I'm going to give you, I prophesy that in twenty-four hours the world would be empty of Maxine de Renzie: for the circumstances surrounding her in this transaction are peculiar, the most peculiar I've ever been entangled in, perhaps, in rather a varied experience; and they intimately concern her fiance, the Vicomte Raoul du Laurier--" "Raoul du Laurier!" exclaimed Ivor.
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