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From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of

his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his

clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at

Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished

so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of

Holland. Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I

merely shared with all the readers of the daily press, I knew

little of my former friend and companion.