[The Son of Clemenceau by Alexandre (fils) Dumas]@TWC D-Link bookThe Son of Clemenceau CHAPTER VI 18/21
But for precaution, they will not have him go to the train at the depot; he might be questioned and the discrepancies in the passport be perceived.
The chaise is to convey him down the line, and he will get on the cars at a rural depot where the gendarme and ticket-seller will be dull and easily hoodwinked." "Very neat," said Von Sendlingen, appreciating the plan at its due value.
"I always said old Daniels was no fool." "What more easy than to post a couple of the horse patrol on the road--young, hot-headed fellows with restless fingers on the triggers? The youth will certainly refuse to surrender, whereupon, bang, bang! he falls into the ditch with a brace of bullets in his body.
You and I will have an enemy the less.
This is not the way I planned it in my dreams, but we must take our revenge with the sauce fate serves it up to us 'on the table of Fact.'" "The scheme is plausible." "Feasible! especially will it work like well-oiled machinery if you play your part of lure creditably." "My part ?" questioned the major. "Yes, yours.
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