The Czar's Spy — William Le Queux
Topics: класика
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THE CZAR'S SPY
The Mystery of a Silent Love
By CHEVALIER WILLIAM LE QUEUX Author of "The Closed Book," Etc.
1905.
"Yes, signore," replied the tall, thin Italian Consular-clerk, speaking with a strong accent. "An English steam yacht ran aground on the Meloria about ten miles out, and was discovered by a fishing-boat who brought the news to harbor. The Admiral sent out two torpedo-boats, which managed after a lot of difficulty to bring in the yacht safely, but the Captain of the Port has a suspicion that the crew were trying to make away with the vessel."
"To lose her, you mean?"
The faithful Francesco, whose English had mostly been acquired from sea-faring men, and was not the choicest vocabulary,…
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