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Chapter 13 A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES-1
Chapter 13 A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCESI went to the railway station, and from the time-table gathered that if I left Abo by rail at noon I could be in Petersburg an hour before noon on the morrow, or about four hours before the arrival of the steamer by which the silent girl and her companion were passengers. This I decided upon doing, but before leaving I paid a visit to my friend, Boranski, who, to my surprise and delight, handed me my wallet with the Czar's letter intact, saying that it had been found upon a German thief who had been arrested at the harbor on the previous night. The fellow had, no doubt, stolen it from my pocket believing I carried my paper money in the flap. "The affair of the English lady is a most extraordinary one," remarked the Chief of Police, t
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