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"
What do you mean?"
What do you think I mean?" parried Tommy, searching desperately in his own
mind.
Suddenly Boris stepped forward, and shook his fist in Tommy's face.
"Speak, you swine of an Englishman--speak!"
"Don't get so excited, my good fellow," said Tommy calmly. "That's the worst of
you foreigners. You can't keep calm. Now, I ask you, do I look as though I thought
there were the least chance of your killing me?"
He looked confidently round, and was glad they could not hear the persistent
beating of his heart which gave the lie to his words.
"No," admitted Boris at last sullenly, "you do not."
"Thank God, he's not a mind reader," thought Tommy. Aloud he pursued his
advantage:
"And why am I so confident? Because I know something that puts me in a
position to propose a bargain."
"A bargain?" The bearded man took him up sharply.
"Yes--a bargain. My life and liberty against----" He paused.
"Against what?"
The group pressed forward. You could have heard a pin drop.
Slowly Tommy spoke.
"
The papers that Danvers brought over from America in the Lusitania."
The effect of his words was electrical. Every one was on his feet. The German
waved them back. He leaned over Tommy, his face purple with excitement.
"
Himmel! You have got them, then?"
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