“Found dead.”
“Essarès Bey’s?”
“An accident.”
“So that all these manifestations of the same power will remain separated?”
“There is nothing to show the link that connects them.”
“Perhaps the public will think otherwise.”
“The public will think what we wish it to think. This is war-time.”
“The press will speak.”
“The press will do nothing of the kind. We have the censorship.”
“But, if some fact or, rather, a fresh crime . . . ?”