Name: The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2
Author: Valentine Williams

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ Is it Francis' handwriting?"
"Certainly, it is an educated hand," I replied, "but I'm dashed if I can say whether it is Francis' German handwriting: it can scarcely be because, as I have already remarked, he spells 'Achilles' with one 'l.'"
Then the fog came down over us again. We sat helplessly and gazed at the fateful paper.
"There's only one thing for it, Dicky," I said finally, "I'll take the blooming thing back to London with me and hand it over to the Intelligence. After all, Francis may have a code with them. Possibly they will see light where we grope in darkness." ”

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ THE CIPHER WITH THE INVOICE Red Tabs' sphinx-like declaration was no riddle to me. I knew at once that Francis must be on secret service in the enemy's country and that country Germany. My brother's extraordinary knowledge of the Germans, their customs, life and dialects, rendered him ideally suitable for any such perilous mission. Francis always had an extraordinary talent for languages: he seemed to acquire them all without any mental effort, but in German he was supreme. ”

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ At last I spoke.
"What's all this rigmarole got to do with Francis, Dicky?" I asked, vainly trying to suppress the bitterness in my voice. "This looks like a list of copybook maxims for your Dutch friend's advertisement cards...."
But I returned to the study of the piece of paper.
"Not so fast, old bird," Dicky replied coolly, "let me finish my story. Old Stick-in-the-mud is a lot shrewder than we think. ”

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ All I knew about Francis I had told him, namely, that Francis had entered the army and was missing. It was no business of the old Mynheer if Francis was in the Intelligence, so I didn't tell him that. Van U. is a staunch friend of the English, but you know the saying that if a man doesn't know he can't split.
"My old Dutch pal, then, turned up here ten days ago. ”

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ How empty are thy leaves.
Like Achiles in the tent.
When two people fall out
The third party rejoices.
I stared at this nonsensical document in silence. My thoughts were almost too bitter for words. ”

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ I said, "Francis would never spell 'Achilles' with one 'l' ... now, would he?"
"By Jove!" said Dicky, looking at the paper again, "nobody would but a very uneducated person. I know nothing about German, but tell me, is that the hand of an educated German? ”

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Valentine Williams, The Man with the Clubfoot — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ Allerton' he says, 'I haf a writing, a most mysterious writing—a I think, from Francis Okewood.'
"I sat tight. If there were any revelations coming they were going to be Dutch, not British. On that I was resolved.
"'I haf received;' the old Dutchman went on, from Gairemany a parcel of metal shields, plates—what you call 'em—of tin, hein? What I haf to advertise my business. They arrife las' week—I open the parcel myself and on the top is the envelope with the invoice.'
"Mynheer paused: he has a good sense of the dramatic. ”

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