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Chapter 24 A Secret Execution
Chapter 24 A Secret ExecutionI now come to a part of my chronicle which I plainly foresee must expose me to grave criticism. To that criticism it is no part of my purpose to attempt any reply. In the long run, I have found, men’s minds are not much affected by argument and advocacy. Facts tell their own story, and men’s judgments are usually the result of their personal prejudices. For that reason I shall confine myself to relating facts. I have already told the story of my murder—for such it was in the intent—by Petrovitch. I shall now tell the story of the justice meted out by me on the assassin. As soon as I was safely lodged in my house on the Alexander Quay, I despatched my assistant, a clever young Frenchman named Breuil, with a message to the promoter of the Manchuri
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