William Le Queux

Name: The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim
Author: William Le Queux

The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

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“The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim”, published in 1905, is a work by William Le Queux. It explores elements such as Elma Heath, Oberg and Woodroffe.

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ Woodroffe, whoever he is, to know that she has kept her promise and has not divulged it. This only bears out what I have all along suspected."
"What are your suspicions?"
"Well, from her deep, thoughtful manner, and from certain remarks she at times made to me, I believe that Elma is in possession of some great and terrible secret--a secret which her uncle, Baron Oberg, is desirous of learning. I know she holds him in deadly fear--she is in terror that she may inadvertently betray to him the truth!" ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ If, however, it ever does get despatched and you receive it, will you do me one last favor--a favor to an unfortunate girl who is friendless and helpless, and who will no longer trouble the world? It is this: Take this letter to London, and call upon Mr. Martin Woodroffe at 98 Cork Street, Piccadilly. Show him my letter, and tell him from me that through it all I have kept my promise, and that the secret is still safe. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ Then at last we parted, and he retraced his steps to the little restaurant in Westbourne Grove, while I entered a hansom and drove to the well-known photographer's in New Bond Street, whose name had been upon the torn photograph of the young girl in the white piqué blouse and her hair fastened with a bow of black ribbon, the picture that I had found on board the Lola on that memorable night in the Mediterranean, and a duplicate of which I had seen in Muriel's cosy little room up at Rannoch. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ I asked. "Girls often write to each other after leaving school, until they get married, and then the correspondence usually ceases."
The principal was silent and reflective.
"Well," she said at last, "there was another pupil who was also on friendly terms with Elma--a girl named Lydia Moreton. She may have written to her. If you really desire to know, sir, I dare say I could find her address. She left us about nine months after Elma." ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ I said quickly. "You married Armida at the Italian Consulate. Where is she now--where is she this morning?"
He turned pale, and I saw a complete change in his countenance.
"Ah, signore!" he responded, "I only wish I could tell."
"It is untrue that she is an invalid," I went on, "or that you live in Lambeth. Your address is in Albany Road, Camberwell. You can't deny these facts." ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ She's in her uncle's hands, I believe, and he won't let her write, poor girl. She dreaded leaving us."
"Why?"
"Ah! she would never say. She had some deep-rooted terror of her uncle, Baron Oberg, who lived in St. Petersburg, and who came over at long intervals to see her. But possibly you know the whole story?"
"I know nothing," I cried eagerly. "You will be furthering her interests, as well as doing me a great personal favor, if you will tell me what you know."
"It is very little," she answered, leaning back against the edge of the table and regarding me seriously. "Poor Elma! ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 8: Life's Counter Claim (1905)

“ The "Eye-talians," as she termed them, lived above, while the Gibbonses rented the ground floor.
"Oh, yes, sir. The foreigners are respectable enough. Always pays me ready money for everythink, except the milk. That they pays for weekly." ”

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