20/24 Give that woman a ten-pound note from me with my blessing. Now, I shall leave everything else to you. Do what you think fit with regard to our friends of the International. Kill as many of their spies as you can with safety, and make the chiefs believe that they are fighting the Devil himself. And now, good-night." When Peter Petroff brought him the papers the next morning, the Prince took up the _Telegraph_, and turned to the page devoted to the minor events of the previous day. |