17/43 As luck would have it, I was in Berlin at the time, on leave from my regiment, for I was never suspected before in the least. And the Nihilists, who, to tell the truth, are well organised and take good care of their brethren, succeeded in passing word to me not to come back. A few days afterwards the Russian Embassy were hunting for me in Berlin. Sentence was passed in contempt, and I read the news in the papers on my way to Paris. There is the whole history." "Have you any money ?" inquired Margaret after a pause. |