. The sowers . aven ! Is that true ? Yes, my friend. Steinmetz passed his broad liand over his forehead asif dazed. And who sold them ? he asked. His wife. Count Lanovitch was looking at the burner of thelamp. There was a peculiar crushed look about theman, as if he had reached the end of his life, and waslying like a ship, hopelessly disabled in smooth water,where nothing could affect him more. Steinmetz scratched his forehead with one finger,reflectively. Vassili bought them, he said ; I can guess that. You guess right, returned Lanovitch quietly. Steinmetz sat down. He looked round as if wo
. The sowers . aven ! Is that true ? Yes, my friend. Steinmetz passed his broad liand over his forehead asif dazed. And who sold them ? he asked. His wife. Count Lanovitch was looking at the burner of thelamp. There was a peculiar crushed look about theman, as if he had reached the end of his life, and waslying like a ship, hopelessly disabled in smooth water,where nothing could affect him more. Steinmetz scratched his forehead with one finger,reflectively. Vassili bought them, he said ; I can guess that. You guess right, returned Lanovitch quietly. Steinmetz sat down. He looked round as if wonder-ing whether tlie room was very hot. Then with a largehandkerchief he wiped his brow. You have surprised me, he admitted. There arecomplications. I shall sit up all night with your news,my dear Stepan. Have you details? AVonderful—wonderful! Of course there is a God in heaven. Howcan people doubt it—eh ? Yes, said Stepan Lanovitch quietly. There is aGod in heaven, and at present he is angry with TEINMF^TZ PASSED HIS BKOAD HAND OVER IIIS FUUEHEAD ASIF dazed ON THE NEVA 169 Yes, I liav^e details. Sydiie}^ Bamborough came to stayat Thors. Of course he knew all about the CliarityLeague—you reuiember tliat. It appears that his wifewas waiting for him and the papers at Tver. He tookthem from my room, but he did not get them all. Hadhe got them all you would not be sitting there, myfriend. The general scheme he got—the list of com-mittee names, the local agents, the foreign agents. Butthe complete list of the League he failed to find. Hesecured the list of subscribers, but learned nothing fromit because the sums were identified by a numeral only,the clue to the numbers being the complete list, whichI burned when I missed the other papers. Steinmetz nodded curtly. That was wise, he said. You are a clever man,Stepan, but too good for this world and its on. It would appear that Bamborough rode to Tverwith the papers, which he handed to his wife. She tookth
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