The Czar's Spy

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Le Queux William. The Czar's Spy

CHAPTER I. HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE

CHAPTER II. WHY THE SAFE WAS OPENED

CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE "OVER THE WATER"

CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH THE MYSTERY INCREASES

CHAPTER V. CONTAINS CERTAIN CONFIDENCES

CHAPTER VI. THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS

CHAPTER VII. CONTAINS A SURPRISE

CHAPTER VIII. LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM

CHAPTER IX. STRANGE DISCLOSURES ARE MADE

CHAPTER X. I SHOW MY HAND

CHAPTER XI. THE CASTLE OF THE TERROR

CHAPTER XII "THE STRANGLER"

CHAPTER XIII. A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XIV. HER HIGHNESS IS INQUISITIVE

CHAPTER XV. JUST OFF THE STRAND

CHAPTER XVI. MARKED MEN

CHAPTER XVII. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "LOLA"

CHAPTER XVIII. CONTAINS ELMA'S STORY

CONCLUSION

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That day was an active one in Questura, or police office, of Leghorn.

Detectives called, examined the safe, and sagely declared it to be burglar-proof, had not the thieves possessed the key. The Foreign Office knew that, for they supply all the safes to the Consulates abroad, in order that the precious ciphers shall be kept from the prying eyes of foreign spies. The Questore, or chief of police, was of opinion that it was the ciphers of which the thieves had been in search, and was much relieved to hear that they were in safekeeping far away in Downing Street.

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"Fit as a fiddle. Just back from his month's leave at home. His wife is still up in Scotland, however. She can't stand Leghorn in summer."

"No wonder. It's a perfect furnace when the weather begins to stoke up."

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