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"Why, no. It seems to me as though it were no time since we were being hustled
into those boats. I can see it all now." She closed her eyes with a shudder.
Julius looked across at Sir James, who nodded.
"Don't worry any. It isn't worth it. Now, see here, Jane, there's something we want
to know about. There was a man aboard that boat with some mighty important
papers on him, and the big guns in this country have got a notion that he passed
on the goods to you. Is that so?"
The girl hesitated, her glance shifting to the other two. Julius understood.
"Mr. Beresford is commissioned by the British Government to get those papers
back. Sir James Peel Edgerton is an English Member of Parliament, and might be
a big gun in the Cabinet if he liked. It's owing to him that we've ferreted you out
at last. So you can go right ahead and tell us the whole story. Did Danvers give
you the papers?"
"Yes. He said they'd have a better chance with me, because they would save the
women and children first."
"Just as we thought," said Sir James.
"
He said they were very important--that they might make all the difference to the
Allies. But, if it's all so long ago, and the war's over, what does it matter now?"
"I guess history repeats itself, Jane. First there was a great hue and cry over
those papers, then it all died down, and now the whole caboodle's started all over
again--for rather different reasons. Then you can hand them over to us right
away?"
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But I can't."
What?"
I haven't got them."
You--haven't--got them?" Julius punctuated the words with little pauses.
No--I hid them."
You hid them?"
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