IV The Infernal Trap-3

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"That's all right! I'm only telling you, so that you may know that I am not a beginner and that you have nothing to hope for. A rescue? No. The room in which we now are communicates with my bedroom. It has a private outlet of which nobody knows. It was Dugrival's special apartment. He used to see his friends here. He kept his implements and tools here, his disguises … his telephone even, as you perceive. So there's no hope, you see. Your accomplices have given up looking for you here. I have sent them off on another track. Your goose is cooked. Do you begin to realize the position?" "Yes." "Then sign the cheques." "And, when I have signed them, shall I be free?" "I must cash them first." "And after that?" "After that, on my soul, as I hope to be saved, you will be free." "I don't tr

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