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Derras came to Leopold later, without his sister, and said something about a meeting. There was a mixture of excitement and nerves on the young lad’s face. Leopold asked some of the questions that flooded his mind—who was the meeting with? What was the meeting about?—but Derras refused to answer. Or rather, he held back from answering because he had instructions to keep quiet.
So Leopold followed Derras silently. They travelled a few corridors and descended numerous flights of stairs, enough that Leopold knew this meeting was to take place underground.
Eventually they arrived at a heavy-set man in an ill-fitting suit. He greeted Derras with a nod before opening the door he clearly guarded. Leopold followed Derras through, giving the man a nod of his own, along with a smil
