If I had known what they intended I would never have lent myself to such a purpose.
I needed money for my excavations--it has been very difficult to draw on my bank in Vienna.

Noureddin Ali represented himself to me as an enthusiastic antiquarian; and when I spoke of my need he offered money, as I told you already.

I never suspected until last night that he and Abdul Ali of Damascus are French secret agents.

But last night he boasted to me about Abdul Ali.

He laughed at me.