I've been a spy, sometimes against one Power, sometimes against another.

When there was anything to do against Russia, I was always glad, because my dear father was a Pole, and you know how Poles feel towards Russia.

Russia ruined his life, and stripped it of everything worth having, not only money, but--oh, well, that's not in this story of mine! I won't trouble you or waste time in the telling.

Only, when I was a very young girl, I was already the enemy of all that's Russian, with a big debt of revenge to pay.

And I've been paying it, slowly.